China news agency, United Nations/KOOC-0/month/KOOC-0/3 (Reporter Sun Yuting) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon/KOOC-0/3 said at the UN headquarters on the evening that up to now, the number of UN peacekeepers killed in the submarine earthquake has reached/KOOC-0/6.
This figure is two more than that published by the United Nations earlier.
According to Ban Ki-moon, the sixteen people include eleven Brazilian soldiers, one Argentine peacekeeper, three Jordanian policemen and one Chadian officer.
At the previous press conference, Suzanne Mokala, head of the UN logistics department, confirmed that 14 UN peacekeepers were killed and 56 were injured in the Haiti earthquake. Alain Leroy, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs, said at the meeting that the actual number of casualties may be higher. In response to the report that eight peacekeepers in China were buried, Suzanne Mokala, head of the United Nations logistics department, said that these eight people belonged to a delegation from China, and they were meeting with Annabi, who was in charge of peacekeeping affairs in Haiti, at the headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, including several personnel from the Ministry of Public Security of China, but they were not included in the establishment of United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti.
According to the website of China's Ministry of Public Security 13, when the earthquake occurred, four members of the working group of the Ministry of Public Security and four peacekeeping policemen were in the headquarters building of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti to discuss peacekeeping work with United Nations officials. Due to the earthquake, the building collapsed, and now eight people are missing.
Reuters reported that Annabi had been killed when the building collapsed. However, Leroy did not confirm this at the afternoon press conference.
On the morning of 13 local time in new york, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held an impromptu press conference at United Nations Headquarters. He said that in the face of this major humanitarian emergency, the United Nations will allocate10 million dollars from the Central Emergency Fund to support the disaster relief operation in the country, and send Assistant Secretary-General and former Special Representative for Haiti Mueller to the scene to coordinate the rescue work.
Leroy said at a news conference that Muller is currently on his way to Port-au-Prince.
It is understood that Port-au-Prince Airport has resumed operation.
Phoenix Augustine, Consul General of Haiti in new york, held a press conference at the consulate on the afternoon of 0/3, saying, "The number of people killed in this earthquake may exceed100000."
Because of the lack of materials after the earthquake, Augustine warned organizations and individuals who are currently going to Haiti to participate in earthquake relief to prepare tents and sleeping bags, as well as dry food and water for a week. "At present, the most scarce thing there is water."
Augustine said that at present, only one local hospital is still operating, and we need the help of the international community now. What we need most is medical assistance. We need a lot of medical equipment and medical staff to go to Haiti as soon as possible to help the affected people in Haiti.
According to the Consulate General of Haiti in new york, citizens of five countries still need visas to travel to Haiti, including China, Panama, Colombia, Dominica and Venezuela.