U.S. Welcomes Pledges For Haiti's Reconstruction

The United States extends its congratulations to the countries and organizations that made the International Donors’ Conference on Haiti a tremendous success. We are pleased to report that the participating donors pledged a total of $1.085 billion to support Haiti’s interim government as it rebuilds the country’s infrastructure, remakes government institutions, and prepares for national elections in 2005.

Due to an extraordinary multilateral effort, the pledges for Haiti’s reconstruction and development exceeded by more than $161 million the amount sought under the “Haiti Interim Cooperation Framework,” the joint government and donor plan for the island nation’s development through September 2006. We believe that the combination of donor pledges, private sector and diaspora involvement, and the close monitoring of scarce resources, will result in stability, effective governance, and a marked improvement in the lives of all Haitians.

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