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Cuba to Attend Intl Conference for New Haiti
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is leading his country's delegation to the International Donors' Conference towards a New Future for Haiti, with a seat on Wednesday at the UN headquarter in New York.
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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is leading his country's delegation to the International Donors' Conference towards a New Future for Haiti, with a seat on Wednesday at the UN headquarter in New York.
The Caribbean island was invited to participate in that meeting, in recognition of cooperation records with the Haitian people and current efforts to return a reconstructed healthcare system to the devastated nation, Granma newspaper reported.
About 140 countries, 28 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean, confirmed their assistance to the event, co-presided over by Brazil, Canada, France, Spain and the European Union.
Argentina, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela are also attending the conference.
Such event was promoted by the United Nations, with the objective of seeking financial assistance required for the reconstruction of Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.
That quake killed 222,570 people, wounded another 310,928, and missed 869 persons; 1,300,000 were left homeless, and more than 766,000 were displaced. Damaged were valued at $7.7 billion.
Haitian President Rene Preval, Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive, special UN envoy former US President William Clinton, and US State Secretary Hillary Clinton will also attend the meeting.
The Caribbean island was invited to participate in that meeting, in recognition of cooperation records with the Haitian people and current efforts to return a reconstructed healthcare system to the devastated nation, Granma newspaper reported.
About 140 countries, 28 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean, confirmed their assistance to the event, co-presided over by Brazil, Canada, France, Spain and the European Union.
Argentina, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela are also attending the conference.
Such event was promoted by the United Nations, with the objective of seeking financial assistance required for the reconstruction of Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.
That quake killed 222,570 people, wounded another 310,928, and missed 869 persons; 1,300,000 were left homeless, and more than 766,000 were displaced. Damaged were valued at $7.7 billion.
Haitian President Rene Preval, Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive, special UN envoy former US President William Clinton, and US State Secretary Hillary Clinton will also attend the meeting.