The member nations of the Organization of American States (OAS) have so far donated a total of US$170 million to quake-struck Caribbean nation Haiti, the OAS's regional office in Mexico City said Saturday.

"Combining humanitarian and financial assistance, the member states have donated a total of US$170 million, 208 tons of humanitarian aid, in addition to large numbers of doctors and search and rescue workers," Oscar Maurtua, OAS ambassador to Mexico, told Radio Red.

He added that the OAS general secretary's office has already allocated US$100,000 for coordinating rescue work by creating an information office to provide latest information on rescue work and help raise more funds.

Maurtua, a Peruvian, spoke highly of the region's response to the magnitude-7.3 quake which battered Haiti on Tuesday, saying that the Inter-American Development Bank has already donated US$200,000 to Haiti and 500 pieces of trauma repair equipment.

He added that the bank has also allocated US$330 million to Haiti, which will be disbursed soon to fund high-priority civil works.

(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2010)