The acting chief of the United Nations Mission in Haiti, said
reconstruction will take several decades after the devastating
earthquake two weeks ago.
Edmond Mulet told the BBC the logistical support of relief efforts was a
nightmare that devastated Haiti’s poor infrastructure and lack of
vehicles.
Mr. Mulet said that reconstruction is not starting from scratch, but
below zero .
No fewer than 200,000 people have died in the earthquake of January 12,
and an estimated 1.5 million homeless.
The UN estimates that 75% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, should be
restored. Rescuers have started to remove debris.
On Thursday, the UN has made a monument to the Haitian capital of Port-
au-Prince to dozens of officials who lost their lives.
People embraced the UN list confirmed 85 deaths, including mission chief
Hedi Annabi, was read. Dozens missing.
The moon of services, a visibly moved Mr. Mulet read a message from UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-: To say: We are with you in spirit. For not
with us, I say I’ll never forget. Later, Mr Mulet told the BBC that
recent events in Haiti have reversed.
I think it will take decades, as only 10 years, and this is a huge step
backwards in the development of Haiti.
We are not starting from zero, but below zero, he said.
The Secretary General of United Nations Peace Operations, the head of
mission in Haiti has worked, classified the logistics of the relief
effort as a nightmare but said the participants and the management
capacity to improved attendance.
All this is now joined, he said. Every day you can see more and more
distributed in the Haitian National Police on the ground, in cooperation
with our troops and more and more water, making the issue of time and
bring all these elements. He said that the areas around Port-au-Prince
used to produce the villages of tents for the homeless are now living in
makeshift camps in preparation.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has worked with the UN and
Brazilian engineers at a site near the Croix-des-Bouquets, which will
host some 30,000 people and four other locations were identified, he
added.