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UN emergency coordinator says while aid is being delivered it remains short of needs
Caribbean News Round-Up: a weekly 15-minute news magazine on developments at the United Nations concerning the Caribbean.
Boy receiving treatment
In Haiti, efforts to reach cities outside Port-au-Prince, particularly Jacmel, near Petit Goave, are being stepped up significantly. UN Chief Emergency and Humanitarian Coordinator John Holmes said while aid is being delivered in significant quantities, it remains short of needs. He said Search-and-rescue operations are continuing. He also pointed health questions which he said remain a major concern.
UNDP says employment of Haitians is a crucial part of the recovery efforts
Haitian workers clear out damaged warehouse
Meanwhile, the new Assistant Administrator of the UN Development Programme Rebecca Grynspan disclosed that immediate employment for the Haitian population was a crucial part of the response to the earthquake. Ms. Grynspan who is also the Director of UNDP's Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean told correspondents of a dramatic ramping up of the agency's Cash-for-Work programme in the devastated nation.`
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says reconstruction of Haiti is among the priorities now;
Secretary-General and Bill Clinton
Secretary-general Ban said that during his recent visit to Haiti, he met many people and their main requests were for water, food, shelter and all basic needs. He said they need a better future, permanent jobs and work with dignity.
Former US President Bill Clinton is urging investors who made prior business commitments in other parts of Haiti to honor them now;
Former US President Bill Clinton said it's really important to try and get the immediate emergency aid up to scale to the people. He hailed the cooperative efforts of the UN, the United States and the international community working on the ground.
Barbados is deeply concerned about a weak climate agreement out of Copenhagen;
Maxine Mc Clean
As a country on the frontline of the fight against climate change, Barbados is acutely aware of the consequences of delayed or insufficient global action top address this challenge. That's what the country's Foreign Minister Maxine Mc Clean told a high-level segment of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen. She said Barbados is deeply concerned that a weak agreement out of Copenhagen is worst than no agreement at all.
Producer: Donn Bobb.
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