Updates on the Rescue Effort in Haiti - The Lede Blog -YTimes.com

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US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said “the United States is offering our full assistance to Haiti and others in the region. We will be providing both civilian and military disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.” Special UN envoy Bill Clinton has worked over the past year to coordinate efforts of local grassroots organization, she says. Haiti has also long been dependent on foreign aid andGOs. UNICEF has been working in Haiti since 1949.
Bill Clinton says that Haiti holds a special place in his wife's heart because they went there on a delayed honeymoon. Mr. Clinton made the rounds of television interviews tonight, urging nations and individuals to contribute money to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. He is the Unitedations special envoy to Haiti, a position to which he was appointed to last year to help boost economic and social recovery in the Caribbean nation. E-mail This; Print; Share Close

Both The White House and former President Bill Clinton released statements this afternoon urging Americans to donate not only money, but time and energy in support of relief efforts in Haiti. In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on
The harrowing day inew York ended with Bill Clinton, a special UN envoy for Haitian development, addressing a special session of the 192-member UN General Assembly with scores of nations offering aid. The former US president warned them not Clinton has worried about coordination since the 2004 Asian tsunami where he served as a special UN envoy and believes the UN and its agencies should organize relief along with the host government. Haiti, he told reporters last

President Obama and Secretary Clinton have made an initial indication that the US response will be robust. In addition, we have President Bill Clinton who is currently serving as UN Special Envoy to Haiti. We trust these three will lead
He said one Chinese and two U.S. search-and-rescue teams should have arrived in Haiti, with two more expected Thursday. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who in 1975 honeymooned in Haiti with the current secretary of state,