Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Remarks at Haiti Business Reconstruction Dialogue Washington, D.C.
Thank you, Bob, for the kind introduction. Good afternoon and welcome everyone. I want to thank all of you for coming today.
Representatives of major donor countries will gather in Montreal on January 25 to discuss reconstruction efforts in Haiti, following the massive earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation January 12. voa’s Robert Raffaele spoke with experts in Washington about the monumental task of rebuilding Haiti.
Haiti aid: reconstruction costs
The human impact of the Haiti earthquake has been huge, with millions left hungry, their homes, schools and hospitals destroyed and no way of earning a living. Ahead of a UN conference on Haiti, the government gave its assessment of the damage and cost of reconstruction.
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