UN Chief Calls For More Aid at G20 Summit
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently called on the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, as well as the world superpowers, to continue to pump aid to struggling countries. He admits that only about 1% of the $5.3 billion in aid pledged to Haiti has been delivered; about $40 million from Brazil, but that the world needs to focus on nations like Haiti to create jobs, promote agriculture, build public health systems and shift to clean energy sources. He also promised that the U.N will make a concerted effort to streamline and increase the effectiveness of aid delivery in Haiti.
While this sounds good and noble, one must view this announcement with guarded expectations. Relief efforts of this scale are complex by design. What’s important is that the world is still very much focused on Haiti and it’s situation, and at least on the surface, appears to be working on creating practical solutions to the after effects of the January 12th earthquake.
UN Chief Calls For More Aid At G20 Summit
Gede Greg C.
