Principal Authors: Daniel Pimienta
Date of Publication: 1997-06-15
Date of HTML Modification: 1999-11-23
Original Language: Français
Regions: Haiti
Subjects: The Haitian Network
Related Projects: LC, REDALC
Type of Document: Editorials
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This page was first realized in 1997, to inform about the events linked to the Haitian Internet top level domain (.HT). The process was affected by a serious situation which implications go beyond Haiti since they relate to the non accountable and transparent process of the Internet Society agency (IANA). Part of the information of this page serves as mirror to the site of the Haitian Network for Research and Development ( REHRED).

The events did not stopped in 1997 and the new situation related to the Internet in Haiti justify to let open the page.
 

END OF 1999

9/27/99:

CONATEL closes the first Haitian ISP (ACN)  and leaves 80% of users without connection.

10/5/99:              Declaration of RDDH (Sustainable Development Network)  (in French)

10/5/99:              Press Release from Gérard Pierre Charles: Intimidation and repression against medias (in French)

10/12/99:       Call for help from Haiti.  (in French)

10/13/99:   International call from FUNREDES

10/26/99:       Note from the Haitian Embassy answering protesters

11/5/99:         Answer from FUNREDES to the note from the Haitian Embassy.

11/5/99:        Second international call from FUNREDES

11/15/99:       Statement of Bellanet in ISTF Discussion list

Statement of the President of CIVICUS

 

PRESS COMPILATION

More details and public discussion from an Haitian site: http://www.intervision2000.com/iv2-acn/

• 9/25//99: Reuters: "Haiti shuts down largest ISP":  http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-202-265862.html
• 10/3/99: "Haiti en Marche" newspaper offers a file on "Telecommunications: Relations between MCI Worldcom, Teleco and Haiti Telecommunications S.A.(HAITEL)". Extracts on line at: http://www.haitienmarche.com/ (in French)
• 10/3/99: A paper published by Panos Institute:  "Haiti Technology: the Internet confronting archaic structure" : http://www.panosinst.org/haiti/h10-99e.htm
• 10/19/99: Chronics of Cyberie (file  “Haïti and Network Policy”):  http://cyberie.webdo.ch/ (in French)
• 10/25/99: Global Internet Liberty Campaign: http://www.gilc.org/
• 11/4/99: Wired News: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32316,00.html
• 11/5/99: Unesco Information Society Observatory (newsletter 25): http://www.unesco.org/webworld/observatory

Haitian portals refer to the situation:

• Orientation: http://ht.orientation.com/eg/home.html
• Haitilink: www.haitilink.net
• HaitiOnline : clarifications du RDDH http://www.haitionline.com/1999/11008.htm#Internet

Newspaper Le Nouvelliste (scanned pages) :  (in French)

• 9/30/99: Economic players taken as hostages (160K)
• 10/4/99:  International calls flowchart (95K)
• 10/6/99:  Abuse of power said the Chamber of Commerce (18K)
• 10/20/99: ACN publishes its position (80K)
• 10/20/99: ACN-Conatel contract - extracts (150 K)
• 10/20/99: Press release from ACN (200K)
• 10/20/99: ACN goes to court (1/2) (50K)
• 10/20/99: ACN goes to court (2/2) (40K)
• 10/29/99: Partnership between Conatel, Teleco and ISPs (90K).

If you wish to express your disagreement with the Haitian Administration:
write to the Haitian Embassy in Washington.
 

Please feel free to send us information so to complete this file:  contact@funredes.org.
 
 

JUIN 1999

Haitian partners, under leadership of RDDH,  try to settle down Haiti top level domain situation.

RDDH organizes a meeting in Port au Prince, June 2nd 1999, inviting all players for the management of .HT to try to find an agreement to get out from the deadlock produced by IANA decision back in 1997.

It is interesting to see that, while IANA reform keep on its difficult path, Haitian partners managed to set up a resolution plan to solve the situation described further in that page.

A document can be downloaded (RTF, 132 K) which was used by FUNREDES for the task of moderating the meeting and trying to create the basis for consensual agreement.
 
 

1997

The IANA decison to take over, with no rational, from ACN and REHRED the responsibility of Haiti Top Level Domain.

Read the file on the .HT

For more development you can read the following references:

• "Haiti and Internet governance", John Quarterman, Matrix News, 7(5), mai 1997 : http://www.mids.org/mn/705/ht.html
• "Seats at Policy Makers Table", Larry Press, On The Internet, mai 1997 : http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/articles/haiti.htm
• "Haiti : deja vu", John Quarterman, Matrix News, 7(12), décembre 1997 : http://www.mids.org/mn/712/reht.html

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