The EU today pledged €400m (£354m) in aid for Haiti as officials described the public response to the disaster as "overwhelming".
After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European commission, the EU's executive arm, said it would provide €137m for short-term needs and at least €200m for the longer term.
"We have taken swift action," said the EU's foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, after a meeting of the EU's 27 development ministers.
The EU member states will provide an additional €92m, with Britain tripling its commitment to £20m to deal with what the international development secretary, Douglas Alexander, said was "an almost unprecedented level of devastation".
France committed €10m and Italy said it was willing to waive €40m of Haiti's debt on top of its aid pledges
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