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by Mary Beth Sheridan
ottawa — It was supposed to be a meeting of polar pals. But a high-level session on the dramat- ic changes in the Arctic turned chilly Monday, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rapped Canada for leaving out several players. The Canadian government in- vited the other four countries with Arctic coastlines — Russia, Norway, Denmark and the United States — to hold talks on devel- oping the region, which is being transformed by climate change. But in an indication of the in- trigue and suspicion involved in the opening of the resource-rich region, three other countries and several indigenous groups com- plained about being excluded. Clinton raised their concerns in her speech to the closed session. “Significant international dis-
cussions on Arctic issues should include those who have legiti- mate interests in the region,” Clin- ton said in her remarks, which were provided to reporters. “And I hope the Arctic will always show- case our ability to work together, not create new divisions.” Because of rapid warming in
the Arctic, the ice cover could dis- appear for several months a year in the not-so-distant future, scien- tists say. That will open up a new Atlantic-Pacific shipping channel and access to up to 90 billion bar- rels of oil. The U.S. and other govern- ments are scrambling to lay claim to the seabeds and develop mili- tary and commercial plans for the region. Under the U.N. Conven- tion on the Law of the Sea, coun- tries bordering the Arctic can as- sert ownership of natural re- sources up to 200 miles off their coasts. The three nations that were un- happy about being excluded from Monday’s meeting — Sweden, Finland and Iceland — are not internationally recognized as bor- dering the Arctic. However, they
Haiti to unveil $3.9 billion blueprint for reconstruction
by Colum Lynch
united nations — Haitian
President René Préval will unveil a $3.9 billion plan Wednesday to begin radically reshaping his country’s post-earthquake econo- my and infrastructure, according to a Haitian reconstruction ac- tion plan. The plan, which Préval will present to donors at a U.N. con- ference in New York, would es- sentially redirect much of Haiti’s economic development outside Port-au-Prince, creating provi- sional economic hubs to compete with the capital. “Rebuilding Haiti does not mean returning to the situation that prevailed before the earth- quake,” according to the 53-page document, the first detailed ac- count of how Haiti and its inter- national backers plan to spend their money over the next 18 months. “It means addressing all these areas of vulnerability, so that the vagaries of nature or nat- ural disasters never again inflict such suffering or cause so much damage and loss.” Haiti’s plan marks the first phase of a highly ambitious re- construction effort that could pour more than $11 billion in international aid into Haiti over the next decade. It calls for refur- bishing the airport and main port, building a new airport and two new seaports, and laying 600 kilometers of road through the country to promote trade, tour- ism and access to health-care centers. The Haitian proposal is based
on the findings of a needs-assess- ment study carried out by Hai- tian and international recon- struction specialists. It also calls for the establishment of a “Multi- ple Donor Fiduciary Fund,” which would help oversee inter- national reconstruction funds. “The situation that the country is facing is difficult but not des- perate,” the action plan states. “In many ways it is an opportunity to unite Haitians of all classes and origins in a shared project to re- build the country on new founda- tions.” The 7.3-magnitude earthquake
on Jan. 12 was Haiti’s worst natu- ral catastrophe in 200 years; it killed more than 200,000 people, destroyed 105,000 homes, 50 hos- pitals and health centers, 1,300 school and university buildings and wiped out the presidential palace, parliament and most gov- ernment buildings in the capital.
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belong to the Arctic Council, the main international body focused on its development. Clinton’s comments conveyed her dismay at any moves that could increase tensions in the Arctic region. Still, she said later on Canadian network CTV that Monday’s meeting was “excel- lent,” and she highlighted ways the two neighbors were working together — for example, on map- ping the ocean floor. Canada’s foreign minister, Law-
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he said the Canadian government believes strongly that they should benefit from the development. Canadian Prime Minister Ste-
phen Harper has tried to position his country to take advantage of the changes in the Arctic, an- nouncing a new fleet of Arctic pa- trol ships, a research station and a deepwater port. Clinton said in the interview
with CTV that the U.S. govern- ment was “beginning to discuss seriously” a dispute over the
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attention being paid to the Arctic that it deserves,” she said. The passage was free of ice in 2007 for the first time in modern history. The United States, Russia, Can- ada and Denmark all have sub- mitted information to a U.N. com- mission to prove their claims to Arctic underwater territory off
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