United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Tuesday for 35 million US dollars in international aid for Haiti.

Addressing the Canadian parliament, Annan made a special plea for long-term assistance to Haiti, noting that poverty, instability and violence feed on each other.

"Only through a long-term commitment to help the country can stability and prosperity be assured. Half-hearted efforts of the past have been insufficient. We can not afford to fail this time,"he said.

Although Canada is sending 450 troops to Haiti for three monthsto join an international force charged with calming the immediate turmoil, Annan said the world must look beyond the next 90 days.

The international community must learn from the past and make aconcerted effort to rebuild Haiti's shattered institutions, he added.

Annan also praised Canada as a pillar of the United Nations but said it must do more to fight poverty, protect the environmentand foster good governance around the world.

"I urge Canadians to aim even higher," he said. "Yours must bea leading role in a renewed global effort to deliver what the world has promised to its neediest citizens," said the secretary-general, who was on a two-day visit to Canada.

He said "what we need is a new global consensus. The decisions needed to make our organization more effective will require a highdegree of political will among member states - the will to achievenecessary change, but also to make it possible by compromise.