UN chief makes pleas for int'l help to rebuild Haiti

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made pleas for international action to help rebuild Haiti which was devastated by a massive quake on January 12th.

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, said, "So far, we have distributed tents and tarpaulins to nearly 700,000 people among 1.3 million displaced persons. We will reach the rest by the end of next month. We have also identified five alternative sites around the capital, where we can move IDPs and where they will be safer and better cared for. But let me be clear, we are in a race against time."

Ban Ki-moon has just returned from a visit to Haiti, where he vowed to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, speaks with an NGO worker and journalists as he walks toward a makeshift camp for earthquake survivors set up at the Petionville Golf Club in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, March 14, 2010.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton)