Unasur pledged 100 million dollars to assist Haiti reconstruction

By Nick J - Wed Sep 01, 2:03 am

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The Union of South American Nations (Unasur), a regional grouping, on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 pledged 100 million dollars in money to assist reconstruction efforts in Haiti after January’s devastating earthquake.

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa announced the donation during an official visit to Haiti, and said Unasur would also establish a political and technical secretariat in the country to assist with reconstruction plans.

“The 100 million dollars will be paid before the end of the year and we are going to deliver 200 million dollars in the longer term in the framework of reconstruction projects in Haiti,” Correa told a press conference with his Haitian counterpart Rene Preval.

Correa, who currently holds Unasur’s rotating presidency, arrived in Port-au-Prince on Monday night and travelled by helicopter to the country’s north to survey projects being financed by the group and implemented by troops from the organization’s member states.

“We do not want to exercise humanitarian imperialism in Haiti,” he said.

“We want to begin a new form of South-South cooperation, respecting the sovereignty of the Haitian people, and with the belief that the real development actors in Haiti are the Haitian people.”

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