Press Release: EU pledges over 1.2 billion euros at International Donors’ Conference ‘Towards a New Future for Haiti’ in New York

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Commission Vice-President, Catherine Ashton, along with Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, and Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, attended the ministerial-level International Donors’ Conference "Towards a New Future for Haiti" that took place on 31 March 2010 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Conference was co-chaired by Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, and Spain as leading donors to Haiti.

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ESO: Background information: Factsheet on Haiti earthquake http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-factsheet-on-haiti-earthquake/

EurActiv, 1.4.10: EU, world generous with earthquake-hit Haiti http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-world-generous-earthquake-hit-news-402356

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/10/142:"A Shared Vision for Haiti – the Next Ten Years" http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/142&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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