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Remember all that money the nations of the world generously pledged to help with Haiti’s earthquake relief efforts? It hasn’t materialized, CNN reports. Less than 2% of the $5.3 billion promised at an aid conference in March has actually been delivered to the UN, with only Brazil, Norway, Estonia, and Australia ponying up the cash. The US hasn’t given a dime of the $1.15 billion it pledged—Congress still hasn’t approved the money.
Bill Clinton, the UN’s special envoy to Haiti, says he intends to pester nations that haven’t paid. “I’m going to call all those governments,” he said. “I think they’re all having economic trouble, and they want to hold their money as long as possible.” The pledges were for the 2010-11 fiscal year, so countries have a while before the money is actually overdue, but Clinton wants them to give him a hard schedule of when to expect it.
