ECOSOC to hold key meeting in April on assistance to Haiti
18th March 2010
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - the body responsible for coordinating economic and social work of the UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies - said today (17 March) that it will host a meeting next month (April) to consider what else the UN can do to help the Haitian Government rebuild its country.
"The Government of Haiti formulated the national plan for reconstruction, so we will see how ECOSOC and its bodies fit into the plan," Hamidon Ali, ECOSOC President for 2010, told journalists in New York today during an overview of the UN body’s work for the year ahead.
"The Council is also an important forum where Member States and humanitarian organizations discuss the challenges, opportunities and activities related to emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations," Mr. Ali added.
The ECOSOC meeting is expected to provide guidance and maintain the momentum of international assistance to Haiti, following the donors’ conference scheduled for 31 March at UN Headquarters in New York.
"ECOSOC has also been home to the ad hoc advisory group on Haiti for the past decade," said Nikhil Seth, Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, who stressed that the body was looking at the long-term development of Haiti, and not just recovery from the 12 January earthquake.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - the body responsible for coordinating economic and social work of the UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies - said today (17 March) that it will host a meeting next month (April) to consider what else the UN can do to help the Haitian Government rebuild its country.
"The Government of Haiti formulated the national plan for reconstruction, so we will see how ECOSOC and its bodies fit into the plan," Hamidon Ali, ECOSOC President for 2010, told journalists in New York today during an overview of the UN body’s work for the year ahead.
"The Council is also an important forum where Member States and humanitarian organizations discuss the challenges, opportunities and activities related to emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations," Mr. Ali added.
The ECOSOC meeting is expected to provide guidance and maintain the momentum of international assistance to Haiti, following the donors’ conference scheduled for 31 March at UN Headquarters in New York.
"ECOSOC has also been home to the ad hoc advisory group on Haiti for the past decade," said Nikhil Seth, Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, who stressed that the body was looking at the long-term development of Haiti, and not just recovery from the 12 January earthquake.