COLUMN by Jean PING and Nicole GUEDJ* - Not a month passes without a hurricane, a tsunami or an earthquake striking our planet. According to the British NGO, Oxfam, every year 250 million people are victims of natural disasters. They should be 375 million in 2015.
The Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti gathered 100 member states donors at the UN on March 31, in New York. On the sidelines of this meeting, Rene Preval Nicole Guedj and met with Ban Ki-moon.
"As I am back from New York, where I attended the Conference on the Reconstruction of Haiti, I hope that the coming months will mark a turning point in the history of humanitarian action.
New York, April, 1 2010 (ONU) - Almost 10 billions of dollars were collected at the Donors' International Conference « Towards a New Future for Haiti »
Brazil, 19 february 2010 (Folha de S.Paulo) - Em artigo publicado ontem em diversos jornais do mundo, o presidente haitiano, René Préval, defendeu a criação dos "capacetes vermelhos" -um corpo emergencial 100% humanitário que seria organizado pela ONU para lidar com situações de crise ao lado dos tradicionais soldados das forças de paz.
ROME, 2 March 2, 2010 (AFP) - The Vatican supports the creation of civil protection of the UN
Le Vatican est favorable à la création d'une protection civile de l'ONU, des "casques rouges" pouvant être mobilisés immédiatement en cas de catastrophe naturelle, et fait appel à "la volonté politique" de la communauté internationale pour atteindre cet objectif.
ROMA, 9 March 2010 (ZENIT.org) - The Osservatore Romano recently supported the idea of creating an internationale « civil protection » that could intervene in case of disaster in the world, with a UN mandat.
Mme Nicole Guedj, présidente de la Fondation Casques rouges et auteur d'un récent « manifeste » intitulé : « Pour des Casques rouges à l'ONU » (Editions du Cherche-Midi, Paris, sept.
Washington, 10 March 2010 (BBC Mundo) - El presidente de Haití, René Preval, propuso crear una fuerza multinacional humanitaria que pueda actuar inmendiatemente cada vez que se produzca un desastre natural, como el reciente terremoto que asoló su país matando a unas 200.000 personas, según estimaciones oficiales.
Washington, 11 March 2010 (La Jornada) - El presidente de Haití, Rene Préval, propuso hoy sacar lecciones del sismo del 12 de enero que destruyó Puerto Príncipe y sus alrededores y crear en la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) los cascos rojos, una fuerza militar internacional similar a los cascos azules dedicados a la pacificación en zonas de conflicto, que maneje la ayuda internacional y el orden público en situaciones de desastre natural.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, 15 March 2010 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the devastating January earthquake in the poor Caribbean state.
Making his second brief visit to the wrecked capital Port-au-Prince since the January 12 quake, Ban sought to restore momentum to what some fear is faltering donor support for efforts to help more than a million homeless quake survivors.
It’s been two months since the terrible earthquake that devastated Haiti. The Red Helmet Foundation was mobilized just hours after the disaster and is now able to evaluate its local action during these months.
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