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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Haiti's president-elect appealed for urgent international help Monday to spur development in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country and called on all Haitians to join in a national dialogue to promote peace and democracy.
In a speech to a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Rene Preval told ministers and ambassadors that the massive voter turnout in the Feb. 7 election that he won was "an eloquent demonstration" of the Haitian people's commitment to live in peace and take part in national reconstruction.
"Today, Haiti is a country waiting to be built," Preval said. "The problems are enormous and there is widespread urgency."
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