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UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says donors went “far beyond expectations” and pledged $9.9 billion over more than three years to rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
Haiti had appealed for $3.8 billion for the next two years. The U.N. chief said the $9.9 billion includes pledges of $5.3 billion from governments and international partners for the first 24 months of reconstruction, far exceeding Haiti’s request.
Ban told a news conference at the end of a day-long donor meeting on Wednesday that the international community had come together “dramatically and in solidarity with the Haitian people” to help them recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake.
