UN hosts conference for Haiti donors

High-level representatives from more than a hundred members and branches of the United Nations are meeting at the organization's headquarters in New York.

Wednesday's conference was called to solicit 4 billion US dollars to help Haiti recover and rebuild after January's devastating earthquake.

Donors are gathering in an attempt to rebuild the battered nation of Haiti.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presided over the opening of the international engagement.

The international donor conference for Haiti is held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States, March 31, 2010.(Xinhua/Shen Hong)