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Haiti: Will Diplomats and Donors Bring Economic Recovery?

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 / Time: 5:30am - 7:30am 

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Haiti has received unprecedented diplomatic attention this year, with visits from the UN Secretary General, Secretary of State and former President Clinton, and the UN Security Council. The April 14 international donors' conference yielded $324 million in new pledges. The Senate elections saw little violence, but low turnout. Has Haiti reached a genuine turning point?

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Remarks from this event were incorporated into a USIPeace Briefing.

Haiti has received unprecedented diplomatic attention lately, with visits from the UN Secretary General, Secretary of State and former President Clinton, and the UN Security Council. The April 14 international donors' conference yielded $324 million in new pledges. The Senate elections saw little violence, but low turnout. Has Haiti reached a genuine turning point? A panel of experts discussed this issue.

Speakers

  • Ambassador Albert Ramdin
    Organization of American States
  • David Harland
    UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
  • Dora Currea
    Organization of American States
  • Belinda Bernard
    USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Robert Perito, Moderator
    Director, Haiti Working Group, U.S. Institute of Peace

 

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