He added: “Haiti needs the massive support of its partners in the international community in the medium and long term. The extent of the task requires that we do more, that we do better and, without a doubt, that we work differently.”

Earlier, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said the meeting would take stock of the relief effort and set up a larger reconstruction conference, where money would be pledged.

He said he expected the time and place for that summit to be announced on Monday.

“It’s not a donor or pledging conference, it’s to make sure we have an action plan,” he told the Associated Press news agency.

“We want to co-ordinate better in the short term and make sure we all know who is doing what and how.”

Mr Cannon said one goal was to “physically get the Haitian government back on its feet”.

The quake destroyed key government buildings, including the National Palace.

‘Vanity parade’

UK-based charity Oxfam has urged the international community to get Haiti’s foreign debts cancelled.

It said about $900m (£557m) owed to donor countries and institutions should be written off.

The World Bank has already announced that it is waiving Haiti’s debt payments for the next five years.

And the Paris Club of creditor governments – including the US, UK, France and Germany – has called on other nations to follow its lead in cancelling debts to Haiti. Venezuela and Taiwan are the other biggest creditors.

Although aid continues to flow into Haiti, the head of Italy’s civil protection service has strongly criticised the relief effort and the role of thousands of US troops sent there.

Guido Bertolaso said there was a lack of leadership in the international aid operation.

He described it as “a terrible situation that could have been managed much better”.

“When there is an emergency, it triggers a vanity parade. Lots of people go there anxious to show that their country is big and important, showing solidarity,” he said.

Mr Bertolaso, an Italian government minister, said it was logical and “commendable” for the US to lead the relief efforts, but “too many officers” meant they had not been able to find a capable leader.

“We’re missing a leader, a co-ordination capacity that goes beyond military discipline,” he said. It’s a truly powerful show of force, but it’s completely out of touch with reality.”

Aid workers have also criticised Haitian government plans to relocate hundreds of thousands of people from the capital, Port-au-Prince, to large camps outside the city.

Caroline Gluck, from Oxfam, told the BBC the move could be dangerous for the survivors.

“In the past, experience has told us establishing some huge camps can cause all kinds of security problems, for example, robberies, rapes and kind of gang activities if the camps are kept too big,” she said.

Oxfam was pressing for the camps to be smaller, she added.