Earthquake in Haiti

 زلزله در هائیتی

سازمان ملل متحد می گوید زلزه قوی در هائیتی به دفتر این سازمان در هائیتی خسارات جدی وارد کرده است. هنوز از شمار تلفات کارمندان دفتر سازمان ملل متحد در هائیتی اطلاعی در دست نیست. حدود 250 نفر در نمایندگی سازمان ملل متحد در هائیتی کار می کنند.

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UN officials said some 250 people worked in the headquarters of the peacekeeping mission which has collapsed. They said the head of the mission was inside the building and remains unaccounted for, but the earthquake struck around 5 o’clock in the afternoon, so it’s not clear how many others were still present.

UN troops have surrounded the ruins and are trying to rescue those trapped in the rubble; other United Nations buildings have also been damaged, but details are scarce because of disrupted communications. The peacekeeping force numbers around 11,000 people, including civilian personnel; it’s located in different parts of the country, and was deployed in 2004 to bring order following an armed insurrection against then president Jean Bertrand Aristide.

The blow to the UN’s services on the ground may slow relief and rescue efforts for the Haitian people, but its humanitarian department is sending emergency response teams and releasing emergency funds. The Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said he’s shocked at the scale of the devastation and has made initial contacts to encourage a coordinated international response.


headquarters
دفاتر اصلی یک سازمان (که در اینجا منظور سازمان ملل متحد است)

collapsed
فرو ریخت

remains unaccounted for
هنوز خبری از آنان در دست نیست

rubble
آوار

details are scarce
اطلاعات زیادی در دست نیست

civilian personnel
پرسنل غیر نظامی، کارکنان غیر نظامی

deployed
was deployed : استقرار یافت

an armed insurrection
یک شورش مسلحانه

blow
در اینجا: اتفاق ناگهانی که موجب صدمه جدی می شود

releasing emergency funds
استفاده از بودجه اضطراری را فراهم می آورد