- Title: HAITI: Japanese delegation arrives in Haiti to help with aid
- Date: 22nd January 2010
- Summary: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (JANUARY 20, 2010) (REUTERS) JAPANESE DELEGATION INCLUDING YUKIHISA FUJITA MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN MEETING WITH THE HEAD OF THE UN MISSION IN HAITI, EDMOND MULET VARIOUS OF FUJITA LISTENING MULET TALKING THE JAPANESE MEMBERS TAKE NOTES AS MULET SPEAKS FUJITA SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) YUKIHISA FUJITA MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN SAYING: "We've come first of all to express our condolences for the suffering of the people. And we have been sent by the Prime Minister of Japan to help and we have a medical t eam already here and we will have more medical people coming from the Japanese forces. We also have quite a few Japanese NGOs operating here and I'd like to help coordinate with the people of Haiti and we are going to meet the president of the country at noon." VARIOUS OF MULET GREETING AND POSING WITH THE JAPANESE DELEGATION
- Embargoed: 6th February 2010 12:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Haiti
- Country: Haiti
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
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- Story Text: A Japanese delegation arrives in Haiti to coordinate their aid efforts.
A Japanese team arrived in Haiti on Wednesday (January 20) to discuss their role in helping Haiti after last week's devastating earthquake.
The Japanese delegation included a member of the Democratic Party of Japan Yukihisa Fujita. They met with Edmond Mulet, the new head of the UN mission in Haiti.
Mulet is the new head after chief Hedi Annabi died in the earthquake along with dozens of other U.N. staff.
"We've come first of all to express our condolences for the suffering of the people. And we have been sent by the Prime Minister of Japan to help and we have a medical team already here and we will have more medical people coming from the Japanese forces. We also have quite a few Japanese NGOs operating here and I'd like to help coordinate with the people of Haiti and we are going to meet the president of the country at noon," Fujita said.
Some 90 people have been pulled alive from the rubble by 52 rescue teams from around the world and untold numbers of others by Haitians digging through collapsed buildings.
World leaders have promised massive assistance to rebuild Haiti and Haitian President Rene Preval appealed to donors to focus not just on immediate aid for Haitians but also on long-term development of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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