FEBRUARY 4 MODEL UNITED NATIONS MINI-CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 2017
THE SITUATION IN HAITI
​As a followup to our early-December, 2016 Model UN workshop, students from Orlando schools met for this February Model UN mini-conference that was a simulation of a meeting of the UN Peacebuilding Commission. The topic that was deliberated was The Situation in Haiti. The mini-conference was based on similar conferences held by NHSMUN (National High School Model UN) and FHSMUN (Florida High School Model UN).
Students from eight schools were present, including the following schools:
  • Lake Mary Preparatory School
  • Freedom High School
  • Bishop Moore Catholic High School
  • Dr. Phillips High School
  • West Orange High School
  • Trinity Preparatory School
  • Hunter's Creek Middle School
  • Seminole Science Charter School
LEARNING RESOURCES
Background Guide: The Situation in Haiti
​*based on NHSMUN background guide
THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE AND THE PRESIDENCY OF SWEET MICKEY
​Haiti Earthquake 2010: The Shockwave That Changed A Nation
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | November 8, 2010
​Martelly: Haiti's second great disaster: Haiti's new president is a friend of coup-plotters, fascists, and armed right-wing groups in his country and abroad
Greg Grandin | Al Jazeera | 4 MAY 2011
​Haiti's earthquake generated a $9bn response – where did the money go? Uncertainty about the scale and outcome of spending following Haiti tragedy highlights need for greater transparency
The Guardian | 14 JAN 2013
​5 Years After Haiti's Earthquake, Where Did The $13.5 Billion Go?
Richard Knox | NPR | 12 JAN 2015
​Can Haiti’s Corrupt President Hold On to Power?: Michel Martelly is trying to impose a successor amid widespread public anger at government repression and failure to rebuild after the earthquake
James North | The Nation | 29 OCT 2015
​Aftershocks: Is the earthquake-stricken country’s flamboyant President a savior or a rogue?
Jon Lee Anderson | The New Yorker | 1 FEB 2016
MOISE-CELESTIN ELECTION 2015-2016
Official: Moise, Celestin top 2 finalists in Haiti election
Times of India (AP Report) | 25 NOV 2015
Haiti: Crisis Deepens As Opposition Candidate Refuses Runoff Vote
teleSUR | 14 JAN 2016
HURRICANE MATTHEW
​A Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew
Alan Taylor | The Atlantic | 18 OCT 2016
A month after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food
Nick Miroff | The Washington Post | 3 NOV 2016
MOISE-NARCISSE ELECTION 2016-2017
​Haiti finally votes after year-long power vacuum
Deutsche Welle | 20 NOV 2016
​Early Haiti election returns indicate close race between Moise and Narcisse
Deutsche Welle | 21 NOV 2016
​Violent protests follow preliminary election results in Haiti
Caribbean News Now | 1 DEC 2016
​Moise wins Haiti election in first round
Deutsche Welle | 29 NOV 2016
​Jovenel Moise officially confirmed as Haiti's new president
Deutsche Welle | 4 JAN 2017
VIDEO
Nationwide protests following the November 2016 Election.