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Haiti Recovery Efforts
News:
Temporary Camps Set Up
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)
golf course in Port 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 survivors outside the area where a bank previously stood in
Port Au Prince Haiti. (UN Photo)
A member of a United States Search and Resuce team searches
for survivors outside the area where a bank previously stood in
Port Au Prince Haiti. (UN Photo)
| Meeting of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence with Ban Kee Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations on December 1st 2009 |
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
| H.E. Amb. Percy Tamayo & The 44th President H.E. Hon. Barack H. Obama |
| H.E. Amb. Percy Tamayo & Vice President H.E. Hon. Joseph R. Biden Jr. |
UN/NY June 11, 2010 Former Swiss
Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss has been
elected to the annual presidency of the
United Nations General Assembly.
He will take up his office at the opening of
the 65th session of the General Assembly
in New York on September 14.
The President-elect later called on
Member States today to return to the
goals set out in the UN Charter and guide
their work by the principles of peace,
friendship and cooperation.
Mr. Deiss’ first major event as President
will be the Millennium Development Goals
Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss has been
elected to the annual presidency of the
United Nations General Assembly.
He will take up his office at the opening of
the 65th session of the General Assembly
in New York on September 14.
The President-elect later called on
Member States today to return to the
goals set out in the UN Charter and guide
their work by the principles of peace,
friendship and cooperation.
Mr. Deiss’ first major event as President
will be the Millennium Development Goals
| Mr. Joseph Deiss, President Elect 65th UN President General Assambly |
Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for Victims of
Japanese Quake and Tsunami
From left: Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose
Migiro; Joseph Deiss, President of the sixty-fifth
session of the General Assembly; and Ion Botnaru,
Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC
Affairs Division of the Department for General
Assembly and Conference Management; lead
members of the Assembly in a minute of silence for
the victims of the powerful earthquake and
subsequent tsunami that struck Japan 11 March,
2011.
15 March 2011 United Nations, New York
Japanese Quake and Tsunami
From left: Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose
Migiro; Joseph Deiss, President of the sixty-fifth
session of the General Assembly; and Ion Botnaru,
Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC
Affairs Division of the Department for General
Assembly and Conference Management; lead
members of the Assembly in a minute of silence for
the victims of the powerful earthquake and
subsequent tsunami that struck Japan 11 March,
2011.
15 March 2011 United Nations, New York
Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for Victims of
Japanese Quake and Tsunami
The General Assembly observes a minute of silence
for the victims, numbering in the thousands, of the
powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami that
struck Japan 11 March, 2011. Pictured at podium and
on screens (from left): Deputy Secretary-General
Asha-Rose Migiro; Joseph Deiss, President of the
sixty-fifth session of the Assembly; and Ion Botnaru,
Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC
Affairs Division of the Department for General
Assembly and Conference Management.
15 March 2011 United Nations, New York
Japanese Quake and Tsunami
The General Assembly observes a minute of silence
for the victims, numbering in the thousands, of the
powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami that
struck Japan 11 March, 2011. Pictured at podium and
on screens (from left): Deputy Secretary-General
Asha-Rose Migiro; Joseph Deiss, President of the
sixty-fifth session of the Assembly; and Ion Botnaru,
Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC
Affairs Division of the Department for General
Assembly and Conference Management.
15 March 2011 United Nations, New York
