The incident occurred during a one-day visit, the UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon.
Haitians attacked several trucks with humanitarian aid from the UN on Saturday, October 15, and looted them. People are desperate from hunger and outbreak of diseases after the devastating hurricane “Matthew”.
The incident occurred during a one-day visit, the UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon. The UN chief arrived in the Haitian capital Port-AU-Prince, and then went to the city of Cayes, which suffered greatly from the hurricane.”
“I strongly condemn all attacks on humanitarian convoys. Today I personally witnessed the attack on the truck of world food programme (WFP),” said ban Ki-moon.
The UN Secretary General explained that as a result of such attacks affects the poorest residents of the island country.
At the same time, ban Ki-moon expressed disappointment that international assistance for Haitians has been slow in coming. “I seriously hope and insist that major donors have a helping hand,” said he.
The visit of ban Ki-moon, was aimed to draw attention to the problems of Haiti.
As reported, the UN called on the international community to allocate 120 million dollars in aid to rescue the Haitians over the next three months. To this day, however, managed to collect only 12 percent of this amount.
As a result of the hurricane “Matthew” that swept the country in early October, was killed, according to various estimates, from 500 to more than 800 people. The country’s infrastructure was seriously damaged. A lot of people left without a roof over their head and have only minimal access to food and water. According to the UN, 1.4 million Haitians dependent on humanitarian aid. While to some areas to deliver aid is only possible by helicopter or by boat.Go to the Main page
