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BBC News - UN Haiti meeting pledges billions

The EU has pledged $1.7bn (£1.1bn) in aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti and the US has offered $1.15bn at a UN fund-raising conference in New York.

The delegates are backing a $4bn plan by the Haitian government to rebuild infrastructure over the next 18 months.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting by calling for a "wholesale national renewal" of the Caribbean nation.

The 12 January earthquake killed 200,000 people and left one million more homeless.

The Haitian government and international officials have spent weeks putting together a plan for the country.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Mar 31st, 2010 at 01:45:54 PM EST
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