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August 18, 2010

Haiti Reconstruction Commission Approves $1.6B for Rebuilding Projects
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Haiti’s interim reconstruction commission has approved over $1.6 billion
in new projects for the country’s rebuilding following the January 12th
earthquake. The commission’s co-chair, former president and the current
UN special envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton, said the projects’ approval
should encourage international donors to fulfill their unmet pledges.

Bill Clinton: "Almost every one of you in the press has done at least
one story about how a lot of money was committed at the donors’
conference, but not much money has been given. And you have reported
that many of the donors say, 'Well, they weren't specific enough about
what they were going to do with the money.’ We have cured that problem
today. Nobody can use that as an excuse."



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