Panelists (from left to right) Mark Schneider, Jacques Bernard, moderator Robert Perito, John Maisto, and Johanna Mendelson Forman prepare to address Haiti's future at the first meeting of USIP's Haiti Working Group.

Panelists discussed whether Haiti's new leaders will receive appropriate international support to assist in its myriad problems.

Jacques Bernard, Director of the Haiti Provisional Election Commission

How will the outcome of the February 7 elections define Haiti's future? Panelists debated this question, among others.

Mark Schneider, left, with Jacques Bernard.

Audience members lined up to ask panelists questions after their presentations.

Johanna Mendelson Forman, director of Peace, Security, and Human Rights, UN Foundation, with John Maisto, the U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States