Rebuilding of Haiti must take priority

GOAL has criticised the International Community for its failure to step forward and take ultimate responsibility for the rebuilding of Haiti.

In a statement John O’Shea, GOAL CEO said: “Those of us who are working on a daily basis to relieve suffering in Haiti, realise that Haiti must be rebuilt – but who is going to do it?

“Who will take the responsibility of building the schools, hospitals, factories and most of all re-housing 1.5 million homeless and desperately poor people,” O’Shea asked.

“The aid agencies and the Haitian people can achieve only so much.

“They do not have the capacity to rebuild the structures. That is a job for the International Community.

“It’s staggering that the Security Council of the United Nations hasn’t met to decide which country or collection of countries should be charged with that task.

“When one compares the response of the International Community to the Greek banking crisis with their response to the Haitian earthquake, one understands better where the priorities of world leaders lie.”