Haiti urged to lead reconstruction efforts

The United States and other nations said Haiti must lead the effort to rebuild after its devastating earthquake.

The comments came as Haiti's prime minister acknowledged that relief efforts so far have fallen dramatically short.

Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said at the end of a daylong conference intended to review and improve the delivery of short-term aid as well as chart a course for long-term recovery.

"To date we have not been able to feed everybody, to give water to everybody," he said.

The conference in Montreal did not result in any firm financial commitments, but Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said talks had produced "the beginnings of a roadmap" for helping get Haiti back on its feet, as well as a "shared vision" of the island nation's longer-term rebuilding.