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Haiti Earthquake: Update from the UN on Recovery Efforts
Mark Leon Goldberg - March 9, 2010 - 4:40 pm
http://www.undispatch.com/blog_sort/Development/all/all
The top UN official in Haiti traveled to UN headquarters for the first time in eight weeks and briefed the press on Haiti recovery efforts. Here are some (paraphrased) highlights from the briefing. You can watch for yourself via UN webcast
Mark Leon Goldberg - March 9, 2010 - 4:40 pm
http://www.undispatch.com/blog_sort/Development/all/all
The top UN official in Haiti traveled to UN headquarters for the first time in eight weeks and briefed the press on Haiti recovery efforts. Here are some (paraphrased) highlights from the briefing. You can watch for yourself via UN webcast
-Non-MINUSTAH troops (i.e. American, Jamaican, and Canadian troops that were invited by the Haitian government to help with post-earthquake efforts) are beginning to leave.
Mullet says that security in many IDP camps will, no doubt, be hard to maintain. Rape and violence against women are a particular concern. The challenge, he says, is that there are around 900 different IDP camps in scattered all over Port au Prince and its been difficulty to provide security in all those places. The idea is to consolidate many of the IDP camps so that security--and other services--can be better delivered.
He acknowledged, however, that there's a concern that by consolidating these camps the groundwork may be laid for creating vast new slums. This is something that the UN and the Haitian government are striving to avoid.
-While there has been progress in areas like food and water distribution, shelter and sanitation remain a very dire concern. They still lack sufficient number of tents--and the rainy season is fast approaching.
-Mullet said the UN puts the total death count at 220,000 at the very least, but echoed that we may never know the full number.
Full text at:
http://www.undispatch.com/haiti-earthquake-update-un-recovery-efforts
Mullet says that security in many IDP camps will, no doubt, be hard to maintain. Rape and violence against women are a particular concern. The challenge, he says, is that there are around 900 different IDP camps in scattered all over Port au Prince and its been difficulty to provide security in all those places. The idea is to consolidate many of the IDP camps so that security--and other services--can be better delivered.
He acknowledged, however, that there's a concern that by consolidating these camps the groundwork may be laid for creating vast new slums. This is something that the UN and the Haitian government are striving to avoid.
-While there has been progress in areas like food and water distribution, shelter and sanitation remain a very dire concern. They still lack sufficient number of tents--and the rainy season is fast approaching.
-Mullet said the UN puts the total death count at 220,000 at the very least, but echoed that we may never know the full number.
Full text at:
http://www.undispatch.com/haiti-earthquake-update-un-recovery-efforts