NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 July 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended States in the Caribbean region for their commitment to supporting Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January and urged them to continue their engagement there, saying the country will need consistent assistance from the international community to recover. “Your engagement[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 July 2010 – A global effort led by the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is endeavouring to accelerate the reconstruction of Haiti’s information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, which was destroyed in the devastating January earthquake. “Let’s do everything we can to ensure that Haiti gets state-of-the-art[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2010.  President Obama pledged a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort in response to the earthquake in Haiti in January and called for sustained commitment to Haiti’s reconstruction.  In light of Haitian President Preval’s attendance at the G8 today, the President reiterated the importance of this sustained commitment[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 June 2010 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today that it is designating Canada’s Governor-General Michaëlle Jean to be the agency’s Special Envoy for Haiti, the country where she was born but later left as a child refugee. Ms. Jean will take up[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 June 2010 – Yesterday, United Nations peacekeepers helped local police in Haiti capture 30 criminals who had escaped from prison in the wake of January’s catastrophic earthquake and subsequently infiltrated a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the capital. Working with the Haitian National Police (HNP), more[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2010.  Since the January 2010 earthquake, the Clinton Foundation has been turning the donations of money and supplies made by individuals and organizations into direct assistance for the people and government of Haiti. More than 100,000 individuals have donated more than $16 million to the Clinton Foundation[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010.  The Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund was created in January 2010. To date, the Fund has raised more than $14 million from more than 100,000 individuals for earthquake relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance. Since the earthquake, the Foundation has spent $7 million and allocated $2 million for[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2010 – The Security Council today authorized the deployment of additional police officers to serve with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti as part of efforts to help boost the capacity of the country’s national police to deal with the myriad challenges in the wake of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the President’s signing of a law to boost recovery efforts in Haiti, following January’s devastating earthquake.  Baucus and Grassley introduced the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act, which became law yesterday,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2010. “On behalf of the American people, I send my congratulations to all those who celebrate Haitian Flag Day – here in America, in Haiti, and around the world.  Over 200 years ago, freedmen from what is now the Republic of Haiti came to the aid of[Read More…]