news.am, Armenia
Feb 27 2010

RA Permanent representative to UN handed $100.000 cheque to John Holmes

11:55 / 02/27/2010Feb. 26, RA Permanent representative to UN Karen
Nazaryan handed a cheque of $100.000 to the UN Under-Secretary General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes
as aid to Haiti earthquake victims allocated by RA Government.

He emphasized that under the governmental decision, the amount will be
allotted to the construction of lodges, food and drugs. Nazaryan
maintained that Armenia renders financial aid despite the crisis, as
was hardly hit by the quake in 1988. Holmes highly assessed Armenia’s
assistance to Haiti and as a UN Central Emergency Response fund
donor-country. At Holmes’ request Nazaryan presented RA Government’s
activities in disaster area.

The devastating earthquake hit Haiti on February 12, the strongest
shock of 7 magnitude lasted for 40 seconds, followed by several other
aftershocks.

S.T.