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10-02-2009, 02:20 PM
United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, former US President Bill Clinton went to bat for Haiti yesterday in Port-au-Prince. He led a two-day visit of a delegation of 500 business leaders from around the world, including around 200 businessmen from the US, that met in Haiti to do business. Clinton wants the business community to focus on what he calls Haiti's great potential for development.
Addressing the businessmen at the meeting called by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Port-au-Prince, Clinton said: "This is the right time to invest in Haiti, to help build a better neighbor, a reliable business partner, an alluring tourist destination and a more prosperous home for its hard-working, resilient people". In Haiti, Clinton visited the Sans Souci Palace, the World Heritage UNESCO national park located in Cap Haitien. He also met with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis. This is his third visit to Haiti since being appointed as special envoy by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in May. He was accompanied by Paul Farmer, his Deputy Special Envoy, who is a physician and Harvard University professor, with work in Haiti.
http://www.haitianalysis.com/2009/9/28/... (http://www.haitianalysis.com/2009/9/28/build-back-better-says-dr-paul-farmer-un-deputy-special-envoy-for-haiti-part-i)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32397&Cr=&Cr1=
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-01-voa43.cfm
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Addressing the businessmen at the meeting called by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Port-au-Prince, Clinton said: "This is the right time to invest in Haiti, to help build a better neighbor, a reliable business partner, an alluring tourist destination and a more prosperous home for its hard-working, resilient people". In Haiti, Clinton visited the Sans Souci Palace, the World Heritage UNESCO national park located in Cap Haitien. He also met with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis. This is his third visit to Haiti since being appointed as special envoy by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in May. He was accompanied by Paul Farmer, his Deputy Special Envoy, who is a physician and Harvard University professor, with work in Haiti.
http://www.haitianalysis.com/2009/9/28/... (http://www.haitianalysis.com/2009/9/28/build-back-better-says-dr-paul-farmer-un-deputy-special-envoy-for-haiti-part-i)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32397&Cr=&Cr1=
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-01-voa43.cfm
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)