a special session on Haiti was shoe horned into the programme this morning. the panel consisted of
Klaus Schwab - WEF
Bill Clinton - Clinton Global Initiative
Robert Greenhill - COO WEF
Dennis O'Brien - Digisoft
Amorim - Foreign Minister from Brazil
Helen Clark -

Klaus Schwab
it is not about short term disaster relief and recovery. there are many who are already engaged in this. this is about the long term reconstruction.

Bill Clinton
this will be a collaboration between private sector and CGI/WEF. there is a call for those present to consider how to contribute as the companies wish. he described the situation on the ground. need:
1. safe sanitary shelter
2. more food
3. more water
4. better system of healthcare organization
5. reestablish schools
6. reestablish govt
7. reestablish functional infrastructure services
8. distribution network [100 trucks]

UN is setting up work for cash programs in order to get things back to normal.
10,000 NGOs operating in Haiti. Haiti lost 15% of its GDP in 2008 due to four hurricanes. This is horrible for the people of Haiti not just for the tragedy which occurred, but for the fact that they were on the way to rebuild their county and this has been a huge slap back.

the others then spoke passionately about the opportunity that Haiti presents.