Weekly Report - 9 March 2004

As this issue is being completed, the `committee of wise men' selected last week will be unveiling the name of Haiti's new interim prime minister. This is happening against the backdrop of a violent reminder that the pro-Aristide camp is still a force to be reckoned with — all the more now that Jean-Bertrand Aristide has called upon them to mount `peaceful resistance' against `the occupation'. Meanwhile, rebel leader Guy Philippe continues to command attention.