[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 THE UNITED NATIONS TAKES OVER IN HAITI

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I read in the paper this morning that the 
United Nations is going to take over the Haiti mission because things 
are stable and secure in that country now. Of course, they are still 
going to rely mainly on U.S. troops down there, but there will be new 
rules of engagement. We are only going to use weapons in self-defense.
  But then we read on a little further, and our Ambassador to the 
United Nations, Ambassador Albright, says, ``But if this U.N. force is 
pushed, it has the leaders, the mandate, the firepower, and the will to 
push back.''
  Now, I call that doublespeak. That is the kind of thing that confuses 
our troops, it confuses us, it confuses our allies, but it probably 
does not confuse our enemies.
  It raises the specter of our troops under foreign command in another 
country, under U.N. command, under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and it causes 
us problems because we do not know what their mission is.
  Ambassador Albright also said that Aristide has wide popular support, 
and that is true. But she failed to say that apparently the United 
Nations is unaware that there is intense brutal opposition to Aristide 
as well. So all is not well, and we should keep our eyes on foreign 
policy in Haiti.

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