earlier, michel martelly, the first head of state from haiti to address the parliament. since the 2010 earthquake, the eu has provided close to $415 million of humanitarian aid. this is about 30 minutes. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] . >> colleagues, honorable president, relations between the eu and haiti are of particular importance to us. the earthquake which on january 12, 2010, devastated haiti, and over 220,000 victims, at 1.7 million people were made homeless as a result of this earthquake, led to unprecedented international solidarity, in particular on the part of europeans. the eu launched comprehensive humanitarian aid aimed at rebuilding the country. since 2010, the european union has been the most important donor when it comes to aid given to haiti. your country continues to have to cope with the disastrous consequences of the earthquake and this year, once again, natural disasters once again struck your country. hurricane isaac and heard gain sandy left destruction in their wake with devastating consequences on supply and the population with food,

president michel martelly is setting over mineral rights to those that previously had not war with open pit mining. before port of prince i was the correspondent and reported from the open mind product in than clothes when the price went down so it would be reopened and there is a huge fight to clean up the mine area. it was a mess. rivers running red, a peoples who lost water sources and the had to abandon with a lift over generations because the land was ruined. if that is a feature of haiti it seems like another problem. we're large scale mining takes place normally the most country does not benefit. this is not your question but rather than plastic, a gold i am not sure that has been a big deal since christopher columbus. i know think there is one single answer. it is up part of the mix. i will let somebody else propose how to fix heydey. >> was the impact of the earthquake largely in port-au-prince or outside as well? >> this is a fantastic question. it is hard to write about. because port-au-prince has often stood in for haiti in people's imagination. to describe the country of th