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US, France sign agreements on jobs, healthcare in Haiti
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 20 - 09 - 2010

Two agreements that will generate thousands of jobs in earthquake-shattered Haiti and rebuild the country's main hospital were signed Monday in New York, dpa reported.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Haitian Prime Minister
Jean-Max Bellerive and representatives of the Inter-American
Development Bank and Korean manufacturer Sae-A Trading Co Ltd signed
an agreement to create an industrial park in Port-au-Prince, the
Haitian capital severely damaged in January's earthquake.
"This is the first good news since the earthquake. We need private
investment in Haiti to get us out of this bad situation," Bellerive
said.
"It is a great day for Haiti," he said of the plan that is to
generate 18,000 jobs. "We are creating conditions that will lead to
more jobs in Haiti. We're creating jobs and wealth for the people of
Haiti."
The second agreement signed by Clinton, Bellerive and French
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner dealt with the reconstruction and
expansion of the Hopital Universitaire d'Etat d'Haiti, the country's
main teaching hospital.
The United States and France are to donate 25 million dollars each
toward rebuilding the hospital, with the Haitian government
contributing 3.2 million dollars to the effort.
In the wake of the 7-magnitude earthquake that killed an estimated
222,750 people - or 2 per cent of the country's population - many
have spoken of the need to reimagine a new Haiti, Clinton said.
The new agreements "will support that effort, by creating jobs and
building a foundation for health," she said.
The industrial park and garment manufacturing facility has the
potential to create 10,000 permanent jobs. "We're sending a message
that Haiti is open for business again," Clinton said.


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