UN Haiti donor pledges surpass targets at almost $10bn

Thursday, 1 April 2010 02:06 UK
BBC News
The international community has pledged a total of $9.9bn (£6.5bn) in immediate and long-term aid to earthquake-hit Haiti at a UN donor conference.

The $5.3bn (£3.5bn) of support over the next two years exceeds the $4bn requested by the Haitian government to rebuild infrastructure.

"This is the down-payment Haiti needs for wholesale national renewal," UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in New York.

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

Click here to read more...