UN General Assembly
1965

133. It should be emphasized that, of all the countries of the Western hemisphere, the Republic of Haiti is the one which has received the least per capita international aid. When the Inter-American Committee of the Alliance for Progress last met to discuss Haiti, at the session from 2 to 6 August 1965, it was admitted that Haiti was the only country which had not benefited from the Alliance for Progress at all. 134. Between the Charter of Punta del Este of August 1961 and September 1965, Haiti received nothing, not even a single dollar in per capita aid, whereas all the other countries on the American continent benefited greatly from such aid, whether in grants or in loans. We rejoice with them if they are satisfied. Together, the internal and external factors of recession in our economy have had a deplorable effect on the balance of payments, which is still very precarious.