France calls for Haiti peace force
法国呼吁向海地派驻维和部队

PARIS, France -- French officials have called for the "immediate" creation of an international civilian peace force to restore order to Haiti.
法国，巴黎----法国官方呼吁，应立即向海地派遣国际维和部队，以尽快恢复其社会秩序。

An arrested man gestures to a police officer in Port-au-Prince.


The call comes as rebel leader Guy Philippe said Wednesday his troops were ready to attack the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, but wanted to "give a chance to peace" and will hold off to see if President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns.
法国是针对反政府武装首领菲利浦的言论作出上述呼吁的。菲利浦在周二宣称他的军队已经作好进攻太子港的准备，只是想“再给和平一个机会，停止进攻以观察阿里斯蒂德总统是否辞职”。

Philippe told The Associated Press that the rebels also were taking a wait-and-see approach to proposals to send international peacekeepers to Haiti.
菲利浦在新闻发布会上称，反政府武装正在观望，希望国际社会派驻停战协调人员到海地。

"If they do not attack the Haitian people, we won't attack them," he said. "If they come to help us to remove Mr Aristide, they will be welcome."
“如果他们不攻击海地人民，我们将不会进攻他们，如果他们是来帮助我们赶走阿里斯蒂德先生，我们欢迎他们。”

A statement Wednesday by French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin also blamed Aristide for the violence sweeping the country.

Under the French plan, the civilian force would provide international assistance for presidential elections under a transitional government of national unity.

"The international force will be in charge of ensuring the return of public order and ... it would support a government of national unity," Reuters quoted de Villepin as saying in the statement.

"Today in Haiti, the threat of a deterioration in the violence is real. There is nothing predestined about this ... we must stop this vicious circle," the ministry said.

France also said it wants human rights observers to be sent to the troubled Caribbean nation and a "long term" engagement of international aid aimed at reconstructing Haiti's economy, The Associated Press reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he spoke Wednesday with de Villepin.

"We both agree that a political process should be found to move forward," Powell said.

"Anything that is done, we should do it in a constitutional way, and we're examining all the political alternatives."

Also Wednesday, the United Nations called for an immediate halt to the violence and to human rights abuses on both sides.

The Security Council "deplores the decision by the Democratic Opposition to reject" an international peace plan that would allow Aristide to remain in power, a U.N. spokesman said.

Aristide has refused to depart until his term ends in 2006.

Haitian opposition leaders -- as well as the rebels who have been sweeping across the northern part of the country -- have demanded Aristide's immediate ouster.

The coalition of opposition groups rejected the latest international peace plan because it failed to call for the president's departure.

The United Nations is calling on both sides to "accept and implement the existing peace plan," which outlines a power-sharing arrangement with Aristide.

At the White House, President George W. Bush said the United States is talking with other nations about maintaining a "security presence" in Haiti but provided no details.

He said the first priority is to work toward a political settlement to end the bloodshed in Haiti, which has taken dozens of lives in recent weeks.

Bush urged Haitians to stay in their country, and warned that those who try to escape to the United States by boat will be turned back by the U.S. Coast Guard.