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“We should work together to avert war
through the administration of justice in
order to safeguard human lives and
preserve human dignity. The only war
worth relentlessly fighting, with the
participation of all, is that against fatal
diseases, poverty, hunger and illiteracy.”
through the administration of justice in
order to safeguard human lives and
preserve human dignity. The only war
worth relentlessly fighting, with the
participation of all, is that against fatal
diseases, poverty, hunger and illiteracy.”
| Meeting of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence with Ban Kee Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations on December 1st 2009 |
News:
Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead
Survivors strained desperately on Wednesday against the chunks of
concrete that buried this city along with thousands of its residents,
rich and poor, from shantytowns to the presidential palace, in the
devastating earthquake that struck late Tuesday afternoon.
And the poor who define this nation squatted in the streets, some
hurt and bloody, many more without food and water, close to piles of
covered corpses and rubble.
Limbs protruded from disintegrated concrete, muffled cries emanated
from deep inside the wrecks of buildings — many of them poorly
constructed in the first place — as Haiti struggled to grasp the
unknown toll from its worst earthquake in more than 200 years.
In the midst of the chaos, no one was able to offer an estimate of the
number of people who had been killed or injured, though there was
widespread concern that there were likely to be thousands of
casualties.
concrete that buried this city along with thousands of its residents,
rich and poor, from shantytowns to the presidential palace, in the
devastating earthquake that struck late Tuesday afternoon.
And the poor who define this nation squatted in the streets, some
hurt and bloody, many more without food and water, close to piles of
covered corpses and rubble.
Limbs protruded from disintegrated concrete, muffled cries emanated
from deep inside the wrecks of buildings — many of them poorly
constructed in the first place — as Haiti struggled to grasp the
unknown toll from its worst earthquake in more than 200 years.
In the midst of the chaos, no one was able to offer an estimate of the
number of people who had been killed or injured, though there was
widespread concern that there were likely to be thousands of
casualties.
Haitians are living in makeshift camps errected on the golf course in Port
au Prince Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating eathquake (UN Photo)
au Prince Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating eathquake (UN Photo)
U.S. Search and Resuce Team
A member of a United States Search and Resuce team searches for
Prince Haiti. (UN Photo)
A member of a United States Search and Resuce team searches for
Prince Haiti. (UN Photo)
SECRETARY-GENERAL
TOUCHES DOWN IN
QUAKE-DEVASTATED HAITI
TOUCHES DOWN IN
QUAKE-DEVASTATED HAITI
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Haiti,
which was struck by a catastrophic earthquake on
Tuesday, to show his solidarity with the people of the
impoverished Caribbean nation and assess for himself
the scale of the devastation.
The 7.0 magnitude tremors on 12 January are said to
have affected one third of Haiti's population of 9 million,
and the United Nations estimates that 10 per cent of
the buildings in the hardest-hit city, the capital,
Port-au-Prince, have been destroyed, leaving 300,000
people homeless.
Sunday January 17, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UN News)
which was struck by a catastrophic earthquake on
Tuesday, to show his solidarity with the people of the
impoverished Caribbean nation and assess for himself
the scale of the devastation.
The 7.0 magnitude tremors on 12 January are said to
have affected one third of Haiti's population of 9 million,
and the United Nations estimates that 10 per cent of
the buildings in the hardest-hit city, the capital,
Port-au-Prince, have been destroyed, leaving 300,000
people homeless.
Sunday January 17, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UN News)
January 17, 2010
