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UN food aid reaches 60,000 Haitian quake victims

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations has so far extended food assistance to 60,000 people in the capital of Haiti, which was struck by a catastrophic earthquake last week, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expected to touch down in the capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday afternoon. Within 24 hours of the Jan. 12 tremors, the UN World Food Program (WFP) had started distributing food and ultimately aims to reach 2 million people as part of its emergency program. By...

East Asia-Latin America cooperation forum opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers and senior diplomats from 34 East Asian and Latin American countries gathered Saturday in the Japanese capital to discuss issues facing the international community and both regions at the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses the opening ceremony of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), in...

Haitian police force ＂vanished＂: senior UN official

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Along with the hundreds missing from Haiti\'s earthquake, apparently so too have the Haitian National Police (HNP), said the spokesperson for the United Nations peacekeeping force here Thursday. \"The National Haitian Police are not visible at all,\" said David Wimhurst via a video conference from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. \"They\'ve simply vanished.\" \"Don\'t forget that they\'re Haitian too and their family homes have been smashed...

Senior UN official: Haiti needs medical workers, supplies

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Haiti is in badly need of doctors and medical supplies, the top United Nations humanitarian coordinator said here on Thursday. \"The local medical infrastructure is both badly damaged and overwhelmed by the number of injuries,\" said John Holmes. \"It\'s a top priority to get more doctors in there, more medical teams, field hospitals and more medical supplies to make sure we can tackle that problem.\" After that, the basic needs are water, food...

Red Cross creates website for Haiti\’s earthquake survivors

GENEVA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) created a website for survivors of Haiti\'s earthquake, a spokesperson said Thursday in Geneva. The website, www.icrc.org/familylinks, allows survivors to log in, register, and look for loved ones who may be missing or feared dead. ICRC spokesperson Marcal Izard said that there are already 1,360 entries in the website\'s database. Izard told Reuters that of the total, just 148 came from Haiti, with the...

ASEAN expresses condolence on Haiti quake

JAKARTA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan expressed condolence on Friday over the devastating earthquake in Haiti that may have left estimated 50,000 people dead and caused massive destruction. \"I am saddened to learn about the extensive loss and damage that the earthquake has caused in Port-au-Prince. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti in their time of grief,\" Surin said in a statement. The Foreign Ministers of ten ASEAN member states,...

At least 36 UN staff members confirmed dead in Haiti quake:

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 36 UN staff members were confirmed dead in the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti on Tuesday, a spokesman for the UN mission in Haiti told reporters here Thursday. Speaking to reporters via video link from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, David Wimhurst, a senior official with the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), said among the dead were four police officers, 19 military personnel and 13 civilian staff members. ...

UN chief underlines importance of cooperation with regional

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday stressed the importance of cooperation between the 192-nation world body and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a debate of the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 13, 2010. The UN Security Council on Wednesday discussed...

UN report paints grim picture of conditions of world\’s indig

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The world\'s 370 million indigenous peoples suffer from disproportionately, often exponentially, higher rates of poverty, health problems, crime and human rights abuses, the first ever United Nations study on the issue reported here Thursday. The report stressed that self-determination and land rights are vital for their survival. Startling figures contained in The State of the World\'s Indigenous Peoples include: In the United States, a Native...

Senior UN official: Haiti needs medical workers, supplies

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