Earlier, it was reported that Haiti's communications minister said at least 150,000 people had died, based only on the number of bodies collected and buried in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and its suburbs. Truck drivers responsible for burying bodies in mass graves said that more than 150,000 bodies of Haitian earthquake victims have been buried.
Haiti's communications minister emphasized that the 150,000 killed is only the death toll in the capital, Port-au-Prince. For all of Haiti, it is anyone's guess how many more victims are buried in the rubble.
2 The first international foreign ministerial-level preparatory meeting on Haiti's reconstruction concluded this afternoon in Montreal, Canada. Participants agreed that the reconstruction of Haiti will be Haitian-led, with international participation, cooperation and coordination to meet Haiti's immediate and long-term needs.
Canadian Foreign Minister Cannon issued a presidential statement following the meeting, setting out basic principles for Haiti's long-term reconstruction. These principles include an emphasis on respect for Haiti's sovereignty and a clear understanding that long-term reconstruction will be led by the Government of Haiti, with the United Nations as the principal coordinator, and with the close collaboration of participating countries and organizations at the international, national and regional levels.
Participants noted that the reconstruction of Haiti will be a long and arduous process lasting up to a decade, and hoped to rebuild the country's capacity to cope in terms of the environment, climate, disasters and emergency response.
Participants emphasized that a robust monitoring and evaluation system will be put in place to ensure the efficiency and credibility of the Government of Haiti and the international community in the reconstruction of Haiti. Continued humanitarian assistance to Haiti will be accompanied by the strengthening of Haiti's democratic institutions and the establishment of an effective, just, and transparent government that provides basic human rights services, sustainable social and economic development, and a stable judicial system for the Haitian people.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary said the meeting is important for the future of Haiti. She pledged that the U.S. government, under the leadership of the Haitian government, will work with other countries to coordinate efforts to provide the Haitian people with the help they need most to return to normal life in a timely manner.
It was decided that an emergency international conference would be held at UN Headquarters this March, hosted by the Government of Haiti and attended by major donors and partners, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, and the European Union, among others.
The one-day preparatory meeting in Montreal at the level of international foreign ministers came to an end. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Haitian Prime Minister Bellerive, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary, French Foreign Minister Kouchner, and other foreign ministers of Haiti's major donor countries, U.N. officials, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) attended.
3 Real Estate China News Ten days have passed since the 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, and the death toll has exceeded 200,000, with shortages of supplies, soaring prices, resettlement of victims, and post-disaster reconstruction ...... We have been following every piece of information coming out of Haiti. Donations from all over China are also being sent out. In the field of domestic non-public foundations, Vantone Public Welfare Foundation responded at the first time and donated 100,000 dollars to the earthquake-stricken area of Haiti for post-disaster school reconstruction. The first batch of donation funds has now been remitted.
It is understood that the money comes from Vantone and its subsidiaries, as well as the spontaneous donations of employees, in order to donate to the Haitian people as soon as possible, Vantone executives and employees discussed overnight, and the donation action was quickly carried out in the staff. 100,000 U.S. dollars in donations will be sent directly to Haiti through Vantone China Center New York Ltd. for the construction of post-disaster schools. China Center New York, Inc. will act as the fund supervisor and project progress monitor for this public welfare project of Vantone Foundation.
The Vantone Foundation, as a non-public foundation, is committed to communication, publicity, research, funding and related public welfare undertakings in the fields of environmental protection, energy conservation, education, social poverty alleviation and other public welfare endeavors, with the aim of promoting environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction, and facilitating the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature. The main business field is to promote the construction of domestic ecological community. The donation to Haiti is the first overseas donation project carried out by Vantone Public Welfare Foundation since its establishment. In addition, Vantone Public Welfare Foundation established in April 2008 also participated in the Wenchuan Disaster Relief Action in 2008, with a cumulative donation of more than 3 million yuan, and 120 staff members of the enterprise and the foundation went to the front line of the disaster area more than ten times before and after ****, covering a distance of more than 50,000 kilometers and affecting more than 50,000 people. The volunteer time of Vantone enterprises has accumulated more than 10,000 hours.
4 According to the British "Daily Telegraph" reported on January 25, in the world's people have been for Haiti relief fundraising, a 7-year-old boy in the United Kingdom in just one day to raise more than 60,000 pounds (about 660,000 yuan) of charity.
Charlie and his father ride bicycles to raise money
Charlie Simpson, from London, was so saddened by the sight of Haitian children being rescued from the rubble on TV that he told his mother he wanted to do something about it. Soon after, Charlie, with the help of his mother, took action. Responding to a call from Unicef, he rode his bike around a local park for about 5 miles (about 8 kilometers), appealing for donations for Haiti along the way. In this way he **** raised ￡500 (about $5,500). Charlie then launched another online appeal. Surprisingly, hundreds of people were inspired by the boy's efforts, resulting in more than ￡60,000 being donated in just one day.
"I was devastated when I saw the TV footage," said Charlie. He asked his mom to help him create a fundraiser form. "We put it online and it then went viral."
"He (Charlie) watched the TV coverage and burst into tears, and then we explored what we could do," Charlie's mother, Mrs. Simpson, told reporters. "He decided to embark on a 'bike tour' but when father and son set off on their bikes together, we didn't realize that this small effort could have such a big impact. We are so proud of Charlie for doing a fantastic job and raising so many donations." It is reported that all donations will be sent to Unicef, one of the current participants in the post-disaster relief operations in Haiti, focusing on the areas of water, health, education and child protection.
Newtham, Unicef's principal for the Haiti relief mission, said, "Charlie's actions are heartwarming, and the fact that a child was able to respond and reach out to the children in Haiti after learning of the earthquake there is invaluable."
"His [Charlie's] efforts will help at least a few hundred thousand Haitian victims get water," added a Unicef spokeswoman, "Charlie's 'bike tour' touched us y. We've never thought of this type of fundraising before and no one has ever been able to raise ￡60,000 in one day. Charlie has shown by his actions that it's not that hard to help the victims."
5 CNN.com, January 26 - It has been 12 days since the Haiti earthquake, and officials have collected the bodies of about 150,000 victims, but it is believed that there are still 200,000 people buried in the rubble, which means the death toll could be as high as 350,000 people.
At present, the international rescue teams still have not given up the search and rescue, the security situation in the disaster area is chaotic, the United Nations asked for more manpower.
Haiti's information minister, Mr. Lassegue, said that as of Monday, the official death toll was as high as 150,000 people. This figure is based on the number of corpses collected and does not include those who were collected by their families and are still buried in the rubble.
She said, "No one knows how many people are buried in the rubble, but the prime minister has said it could be 200,000."
Yesterday, another 4.7-magnitude aftershock hit the area, but fortunately there were no casualties. Dumont, a teacher in the town of Léogane, said, "I heard a rumble, then there was a loud bang, as if something had come up from the ground."
After the massive earthquake in Haiti, there were at least 50 aftershocks of varying degrees of intensity, and the US Geological Survey warned that Haiti would experience more aftershocks in the next month and could be strongly seismic again.
After Haitian officials announced the cessation of search and rescue, the focus of relief efforts has shifted to the relief of the victims. But the French rescue team is still not willing to give up the search and rescue, according to the locals, they have found another site suspected of burying survivors on Sunday.
French Civil Defense Search and Rescue Chief Saucinaire said, "We have detected movement under the ground through radar, but we do not yet know the exact location of the target, nor do we know if it is a survivor or an animal."
He said that radar and sound detectors have recorded the sound of scraping walls and cries. more than 20 rescue workers have been put into the excavation, and a team of armed French police is guarding the site for safety.
The U.N. and U.S. military are doing their best to distribute supplies, with tens of thousands of victims still lacking food, water and shelter. Looting is rampant in Port-au-Prince, and Haitian police are taking to the streets to stop it, even shooting directly at the perpetrators, but still can't get the situation under control.
A police officer said helplessly, "We didn't come here to kill people, there are looters everywhere ...... What else can we do, we don't have a prison!" As the prison was destroyed in the earthquake, the police could only admonish the criminals they caught and release them later.
To control the situation, the United Nations has called for more troops to enter Haiti to serve as temporary police. In addition to manpower, Mueller, the special representative of the United Nations Mission in Haiti, also asked for more transportation. Of the 20,000 U.S. troops who have arrived in Haiti, he said they have played a key role in distributing relief supplies.
For the hundreds of thousands of victims who have lost their homes, Haitian authorities plan to relocate some of them, which has overwhelmed some places. In the small town of Saint-Marc, 80 kilometers from Port-au-Prince, there has been an influx of about 10,000 people, and buses continue to carry people into the city in the hope of finding food and shelter.
Muller said the cleanup of the affected areas and the counting of the victims could take years to complete. Many experts believe that the reconstruction of Haiti will last at least a decade, and in the next few years, hundreds of thousands of Haitians will need to live in temporary housing, relying on foreign aid.
6 January 13, the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, a strong earthquake, is carrying out peacekeeping missions in the local Zhu Xiaoping, Guo Baoshan and other eight Chinese peacekeepers were killed, three of them are Yunnan Border Police General Command officers. Over the past few days, the Hunan Border Guard held a variety of commemorative activities, calling on everyone to learn from the martyrs.
Zhangjiajie border checkpoint police officer Yang Ming as the province's border system only participated in the peacekeeping mission in Haiti police officers, has twice to Haiti to carry out the task, as a squad of combatants and English interpreters, team liaison officer and other work. Yesterday, Yang Ming will organize their own diary, to the reporter introduced himself in Haiti unforgettable peacekeeping experience, to express the deep nostalgia for comrades.
1 boy dead eyes sweeping out of the garbage
This year 28-year-old Yang Ming is Hunan Zhijiang people, the current Zhangjiajie Border Inspection Station Command of the positive company staff. 2006 August 13, for him is a very special day, because this day is his 25th birthday, and he is also in the day embarked on the journey of peacekeeping in Haiti. This is also the first time Yang Ming was selected by the Ministry of Public Security to participate in the Chinese peacekeeping police riot squad to Haiti to carry out tasks until April 2007 end.
"Blue waters, quiet islands, white beaches, gray sailboats ......" in the aircraft bird's-eye view of the beauty of the Gulf of Haiti, Yang Ming really think that Haiti is a paradise on earth. But when the plane landed, Yang Ming realized that it was a completely different story. Haiti's airport near the port, surrounded by mountains, there is only one runway, whenever the landing plane taxiing to the end of the runway, must 180 degrees turn, return to the airport is located in the middle of the tarmac. And outside the airfield, there are dilapidated bungalows, cluttered streets, desolate and barren fields, and ragged pedestrians.
Poverty and backwardness is Yang Ming's deepest impression of Haiti. When Yang Ming and his teammates cleaned up the camp after arriving at the mission area in Haiti, some used items and expired food were thrown into the garbage. Yang Ming noticed that next to the garbage, a 10-year-old boy stared fixedly at the garbage they had cleaned up. After they left, the boy hurried over and picked up the expired food and held it tightly in his arms. Yang Ming wrote in his diary that day: In the streets of Port-au-Prince, discarded garbage can be found everywhere, piling up in mountains and stinking to high heaven. The devastation of the war was everywhere, and the gun holes left in the walls were a testament to the suffering. Whenever he sees these, he is always flooded with all kinds of feelings, is bitter, but also sad.
2 National Castle is a dirt hill
Yang Ming to Haiti to carry out the first task is: stationed in the National Castle. Speaking of the castle, Yang Ming first thought of it, wide walls, tall houses, like a dreamy fairy tale world. However, Yang Ming searched for half a day, but did not find any trace of the castle.
At 6 a.m., Yang Ming and his teammates boarded two Trakas and embarked on the road to the castle. They were all very excited, speculating with interest about the possibilities of the new diligence. 20 minutes later, the car climbed up a long steep slope and stopped in front of a large closed iron gate to reach the National Castle. Yang Ming said, the country castle is surrounded by densely packed houses, directly in front of the turquoise blue sea, fresh air, especially comfortable. He was waiting for the process of arranging the mission, in the garrison to find again and again, but never see the castle.
On that day, the Chinese riot squad and the Brazilian peacekeeping force, the Haitian police in three cars, heavily armed, drove out of the garrison, began to patrol the area of Bel-Air in Port-au-Prince. Yang Ming told reporters that the Bel Air area is the busiest place in Haiti, where there is a presidential palace, government agencies gathered here, the situation is relatively stable, but the peacekeeping mission is also exceptionally heavy. After the end of the patrol, returned to the Brazilian camp for a short break, it was lunch time. Yang Ming and his teammates ate the field food they had brought with them as a way to satiate their hunger. They gave canned fish and other field food to Brazilian soldiers and local blacks, who gave them a thumbs-up: "OK, OK!"
Yang Ming also took advantage of the break to ask his interpreter where the castle was located, and the interpreter's answer left Yang Ming dumbfounded: "The dirt hillside where this garrison is located is the castle." The interpreter told Yang Ming, the castle in French has the meaning of palace, but also has the meaning of defense walls, this was once a place of war, so built up the battlements and fortresses, later called the National Castle, inherited to this day.
3 specializing in the study of mosquitoes to open a class
Arrived in the mission area less than three months, Jordanian peacekeepers were shot by unidentified armed men, two peacekeeping police officers died. The sacrifices of his peers changed Yang Ming's initial thoughts about his own safety, "I always thought that we have advanced weapons, well-equipped, armed elements must be avoided, never dare to take the initiative to conflict." Yang Ming realized that Haiti is not as simple as he thought, danger is everywhere. Only when one completed the mission and stepped on the country could one say that it was safe. As long as one is still in Haiti, one must always be vigilant, raise the awareness of security, and absolutely not have any slack.
Like Haiti's unstable environment, the country's natural environment is harsh. The climate is hot, mosquitoes are rampant, and the peacekeeping center has opened a course specifically for the study of mosquitoes. Yang Ming and his teammates joked that in addition to guarding against stray bullets and militants on duty in Haiti, they also have to deal with the ubiquitous evil mosquitoes. They are in the dormitory, gym, armored car and other places, mosquitoes are "large corps collective combat". After being bitten by mosquitoes, purplish red bags will emerge, itchy, swollen bags three or four days before fading. Yang Ming and his teammates were y hurt, and some of them even had scars all over their bodies. They finally launched a "mosquito action", spraying disinfectant every day, every Saturday, water rinse hall, rest to fill the easy water on the ground, and finally realized the "electric mosquito beat basically do not use, flower water basically do not wipe, mosquitoes do not bite basically do not spray" situation.
November 12, 2006, China's riot squad to the mission area for three months, Highway 1, No. 2 and No. 3 duty point of the successful completion of the service. The Chinese riot squad had an extra meal at the camp, but it was only two dishes more than usual. "We were still extra happy because each of us had a bottle of flavorful beer, whereas alcohol is absolutely forbidden on weekdays." Yang Ming recalled that day's meal, it seems that the teammates "dry dry dry" raise a glass of wine cheers still ringing in the ears.
4 barren land also has a music carnival
European Christianity and voodoo from Africa in Haiti each other, in Latin America under the influence of a strong music atmosphere, this piece of barren land, and gradually emerged a national grand festival - the Haitian music carnival. Parades, colorful cars, songs and dances create a strong carnival atmosphere. But the carnival also means excessive alcoholism, illegal consumption of banned substances, and often lead to riots and violence. 2008 August to 2009 June, Yang Ming was selected for the second time in Haiti to carry out peacekeeping missions, has defended the Haitian music carnival. When it comes to defending the festival, Yang Ming said there are only five words: tired and happy.
From February 18 to February 20, 2009, it was the Haitian people's music carnival. The main task of the peacekeeping forces of various countries is to assist the Haitian police to ensure the safe conduct of the festival and provide security for the United Nations Mission in Haiti against all forms of violence. Every day at 1 p.m., the armored car convoy departs from the Sonabi camp on time and heads east along Welcome Avenue to its designated patrol site. Yang Ming and his teammates patrol roughly the same route as the Mardi Gras color caravan, so the task of maintaining stability is also a top priority.
On February 18, 2009, at 10:00 pm, a group of supporters of the former president began to attack the policies of the new government and attacked the incumbent president and foreign peacekeepers with insults, which gradually turned into a riot, and one of the first local police cars to arrive at the scene of the incident was smashed and burned, and two local police officers were injured by bottles and stones, and then collapsed in a pool of blood. After receiving the alarm, the Chinese riot squad and the Jordanian riot squad, the Brazilian peacekeeping force, and the Haitian special police rushed to the scene to provide reinforcements. The Haitian police immediately blocked the scene of the disturbance, the thugs tried to blend into the crowd to escape from the scene, Yang Ming and his teammates immediately used the armored car on the strong light to lock the leader of the thugs, the Haitian police quickly according to the direction of the light pointed out to rush into the crowd, will be a few thugs subdued.
5 countries highly evaluated the Chinese riot squad
During the Haitian Music Carnival, the Chinese riot squad also has an important task - to defend the Montana Hotel. Yang Ming told reporters that the Montana Hotel is one of the best hotels in Port-au-Prince, which houses high-ranking officials of the United Nations and personnel of foreign delegations, and is an important target for illegal armed attacks. In order not to affect the business of the hotel, Yang Ming and his teammates brought their own field food and moisture-proof mats to guard the hotel. As night fell, Yang Ming and his teammates could only take turns resting in the open space in front of the hotel, but the heavy bulletproof vests made it impossible for the Chinese rioters to have a solid sleep. Yang Ming said that at that time, he especially wanted to lie down on the bed and have a good sleep. But the hard work was well worth it. Under the close guard of the Chinese riot squad, there was not a single attack on the Montana Hotel during the three days of the carnival, and the normal business of the hotel was not affected in any way. The senior management of the countries staying in the hotel highly praised the work of the Chinese riot squad.
Peacekeeping warrior Zhu Xiaoping is a son of the University of Lakewood
Has studied in the school master's degree in management engineering
By (correspondent Zeng Huanhuan reporter Xu Yuan) According to Xinhua News Agency, a few days ago, the State Council, the Central Military Commission issued an order, posthumously awarded Li Qin, Zhong Zhaqin, and Zhihong comrades, "Peacekeeping Heroes" honorary title; the Ministry of Human Resources and the Ministry of Social Security and the Ministry of Social Security, the Ministry of Social Security and the Ministry of Social Affairs of the United States of America. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security decided to posthumously award Zhu Xiaoping, Guo Baoshan, Wang Shulin, Li Xiaoming, Zhao Huayu comrades "national public security system first-class heroes and models" honorary title. 48-year-old Zhu Xiaoping sacrificed for the Ministry of Public Security, equipment and finance bureau director. Yesterday, the reporter learned from Hunan University, Zhu Xiaoping was studying in the school of management engineering masters.
"Xiaoping, your departure from the teacher deplored, more proud of the teacher! You will always live in our hearts!" January 23, Hunan University, College of Business Administration doctoral supervisor Chen collected in the Ministry of Public Security website left on the earthquake in Haiti killed students Zhu Xiaoping's sorrowful condolences. September 18, 1994, 32-year-old Zhu Xiaoping in the Ministry of Public Security work, enrolled in the College of Business Administration, Hunan University, on-the-job study Master of Science in Management Engineering, under the tutelage of Chen collected.
"Low-key, calm and serious." This is Chen Harvest's first impression of Zhu Xiaoping. Among that class of students, Zhu Xiaoping was low-key both in the classroom and in life, which Chen Harvest believed was his professional habit. "Students working on their master's degrees are under more pressure at work, but Xiaoping is very conscientious in his work, and always accomplishes excellently whatever his teachers set out to do."
In 1996, the class of students led by Chen Harvest defended their thesis one after another, but Zhu Xiaoping was late. "This is not like Zhu Xiaoping's usual style." Chen Harvest was puzzled. At this time, Zhu Xiaoping also called the tutor, said that because of the need for work has been sent to Hong Kong to carry out coordination work before the handover, can not come to complete the thesis defense. "At that time, Zhu Xiaoping's credits had all been completed, and if he did not attend the dissertation defense on schedule, it would mean giving up his degree." Nonetheless, Zhu Xiaoping gave up his defense in the national interest. While feeling sorry for Zhu Xiaoping, Chen Harvest also gained respect for this student of his.
What Chen did not expect is that this call with Zhu Xiaoping became the last contact between them.
Because of his work, Chen received was unable to travel to Beijing to attend Zhu Xiaoping's farewell ceremony, he wrote his respect and condolences to his student online. (
7 As of today, the earthquake in Haiti has been over for two full weeks, and the death toll it has caused, according to the number of bodies found in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince alone, has reached 150,000 people. After the rebirth of the earthquake, the country's future direction, how the people will get through the difficult years, how the various forces will be in this country, all of which can not help but attract people to explore and sigh. Today, the newspaper launched a series of observations "Haiti inquiring", with readers to think about the future of this Caribbean island.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the 19th, deciding to send an additional 3,500 peacekeepers to Haiti to assist the country's humanitarian assistance, maintenance of stability and post-disaster reconstruction. This has increased the number of UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to 12,600 personnel.
The question now is, what tasks will the reinforced UN forces tackle in Haiti? And how can they be most effective?
Social order: the need to "reclaim the past"
The immediate priority for the UN force is to stabilize social order in Haiti. Haiti has just experienced 14 days of extreme chaos after the earthquake. At present, the order of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince has begun to restore, but the looting of relief supplies and robberies still occur from time to time, the chaotic situation has not been completely reversed.
Xinhua News Agency reported that the Guangdong Zhongshan Border Police detachment to Haiti, peacekeeping police Peng Hualin said on the 24th, the order of life in Port-au-Prince is being further restored, but the post-earthquake security situation than the earthquake more than the pre-crisis situation is not optimistic, riots are frequent, and some of the victims, the troublemakers looting stores, looting supplies, attacking the supplies delivery personnel, endangering the safety of rescue workers. At present, Port-au-Prince is still a shortage of supplies, armed conflict is ongoing, and stray bullets are flying.
For the reconstruction of Haiti, the first and most urgent thing is to improve social security. We can end the mission in June 2009 to return to China's seventh peacekeeping police riot squad in Haiti as an example of the results of the earthquake before the state of law and order in Haiti: the riot squad in Haiti during the 10-month period, has completed the Haitian presidential election site security, secret search and arrest, hostage rescue, armed guards and other 119 "red high-risk" level tasks, participating in the "red high-risk" level tasks, and participating in the "red high-risk" level tasks, and participating in the "red" level tasks. "level of tasks, involved in the capture of gangs "Cité Soleil", violent armed gangs "Martissant" leader and other suspects 136.
After more than five years of UNMIH's efforts, the security situation in Haiti had improved slightly. But a massive earthquake has brought chaos back, especially as thousands, if not thousands, of prisoners have taken advantage of the chaos to escape, making it imperative for UNMIH to arrest them first, to ensure that the natural disaster does not exacerbate the man-made one.
Distribution of goods: acting as a substitute for civil affairs
One of the root causes of the looting, however, is the inability to distribute goods in a timely manner, so the question is how to do it effectively and safely.
Xinhua News Agency said on the 22nd, Haiti is now on the one hand the victims are waiting for food, the wounded in urgent need of treatment, the other is the rescue supplies, medicines and medical equipment piled up at the airport, the entire distribution of relief supplies lack of effective organization and implementation.
In response to this situation, Haitian President Préval said on the 23rd, due to the Haitian government agencies in the strong earthquake suffered a serious injury, has been unable to undertake the rescue supplies of the integration and distribution, must rely on the United Nations power, in order to make the relief supplies to the hands of the victims as soon as possible. He called on the United Nations to set up and peacekeeping "blue helmets" forces relative to the "red helmets" rescue forces, to help the Haitian government to distribute relief supplies.
The news from the front shows that the UN does need to send more people to perform functions that belong to the civil affairs department of the Haitian government. For example, Oxfam sent an email to First Financial Daily saying that thousands of survivors have nothing and need clean water for drinking and washing, public **** toilets to control the spread of disease; shelters and simple necessities, such as pots for cooking.
The "Troika" has a delicate relationship
The 3,500 additional UN peacekeepers have a six-month mandate. This means that they will not only be involved in the relief effort, but will also have to take on some of the reconstruction functions.
One next step in Haiti's peacekeeping might be to speed up the rebuilding of the home-grown policing force, including the training of local police. Before the earthquake, there were 4,500 police officers in Port-au-Prince***, but only about 2,000 have been able to find and return to work, which is not enough to deal with emergencies.
Of course, rebuilding Haiti won't happen overnight, and it's not just a job for peacekeeping forces and police. After all, a country with a per capita GDP of only a few hundred dollars, more than half of the people unemployed, military and police alone can not restore order. Haitian society as a whole - from the physical infrastructure to the intangible mechanisms of social management - needs to be rebuilt.
Since 2004, UNMIH has led peacekeeping in Haiti. But after the earthquake, at the request of the Haitian government, the United States sent 13,000 troops to Haiti, more than the total number of UNMIH troops.
The United Nations and the United States reached an agreement on the 22nd, confirming that the United Nations is responsible for the overall coordination of international rescue operations in Haiti after the earthquake, while authorizing the United States to play a "supporting role". But legally speaking, these U.S. troops are not in the U.N., and UNMIH and the U.S. military do not belong to the same chain of command. For the United Nations, how to deal with the relationship with the sudden increase in the number of U.S. troops, I am afraid it is quite difficult to consider.
Essentially, the management of Haiti will be led by the United Nations, the United States and the Haitian government for some time to come. The stability of Haiti will depend largely on whether this "triangular relationship" is strong or not.
8 Dozens of countries and representatives of international organizations in Canada on the 25th held the first international conference on earthquake relief in Haiti, the meeting focused on assessing the damage caused by the earthquake as well as to determine the most urgent tasks.
Hurricane season will exacerbate the situation
The international community has been active in providing assistance, but lack of coordination is a major problem.
The Government of Canada said that Haiti faces "unprecedented" short- and long-term challenges, and that coordinated relief efforts from the international community are key to making a difference.
The meeting, scheduled to take place in Montreal, will review the relief efforts and discuss the current humanitarian situation in Haiti, as well as the coordination of international relief and reconstruction assistance.
In addition to Canada and Haiti, representatives of the United Nations, the United States, France, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other more than 20 countries and international organizations attended the meeting.
It is reported that Haiti began a six-month hurricane season in June, and rescuers fear that will add to the disaster.
Aid is not a promise but an action
One of the topics at the Montreal meeting was a discussion of the timing and location of a larger international conference on Haiti's reconstruction, which is likely to be held in the coming months. "The purpose of this conference is not to make promises, it's to make sure we have an action plan."
The U.N. has appealed to the international community for about $570 million in emergency aid for Haiti, with about $240 million already committed and in place.
Haiti's neighboring Dominica*** and the country last week proposed a $10 billion five-year aid plan for Haiti.
The charity Oxfam International called on the Montreal conference on 25 May to make the forgiveness of Haiti's $890 million international debt an issue.
Jeremy Hobbs, Oxfam's executive director for international affairs, said in London that expecting Haiti to repay its foreign debt in the wake of the earthquake was not only "cruel" but also "unnecessary". He said the International Monetary Fund had said it would turn a $100 million emergency loan into aid once its members agreed.
Hobbs also listed other key issues that need to be addressed urgently in Haiti's reconstruction, including support for local farmers and small businesses.
This is according to Xinhua News Agency and China Daily
Featured Two-year-old boy's miraculous survival brings hope to Haiti
Ledkinson Hairstein Claude is a boy of only two years old, but his small body brings hope to the people of Haiti, who are experiencing suffering. His rescue was like a ray of light that brightened the days darkened by the earthquake.
Accompanied by his father, Reichnerd, and his mother, Presle, Ledkinson returned on January 24 to his former home, which had been reduced to a pile of rubble by the earthquake. three days earlier, Ledkinson had survived the rubble, while his brother, great-grandmother, and two cousins had been buried under it forever.
Next to the rubble, a small dog is feeding on a decomposed body that has not yet been cremated, a scene of devastation that reminds people of the horror of the earthquake.
The return of Ledgkinson has undoubtedly brought the people here out of their depressing lives for the time being. Seeing the still healthy and lively Ledkinson, the women looked very happy, they have gone forward, grabbed the brave boy hug, and Ledkinson also in the people's embrace in a big smile. Clearly, he is a local hero.
"Everything is disappointing, the earthquake has taken so many lives, but the good thing is that Ledkinson's rescue has given everyone hope, and that makes all of us rejoice," one woman said with tears in her eyes.
Ledkinson's father, Reichnard, who was lucky to survive the earthquake, found the remains of his oldest son, Felix, in the rubble on the 21st, after a passerby told him about the sound of a child crying nearby. "I shouted Ledkinson's name over and over again ...... Finally, he answered," Reichnard said. And then, with the help of rescuers and search-and-rescue dogs, Ledkinson was found underneath a piece of prefabricated paneling that held up a narrow space for Ledkinson, allowing the young boy to escape with his life and few injuries.
Ledkinson's parents lost their oldest son in the quake, their home and everything in it, even their jobs. "Thank you, Lord, for giving us Ledkinson back, he gave us a reason to live on," Ledkinson's mom said.