[File No. 11] Earthquake in Haiti. Lessons Learned (2010)
(B2) One of the worst disasters. It not only caused many victims but also destroyed the transport and communication infrastructure as well as the administration of the country and affected the international institutions present
Le 12th January 2010. Earthquake in Haiti. 212.000 dead, 300.000 injured, 4.000 amputees, 1 million homeless, 2,6 million in need of food aid.
—The UN forces are particularly disorganized.
— The EU delegation was directly hit: the head of the delegation was evacuated, the chargé d'affaires was killed, and several members of staff were injured.
— The Spanish embassy that held the presidency was destroyed and its ambassador evacuated. The other representations of the member states were also affected.
Le 13th January 2010The first experts from ECHO – the humanitarian aid agency – arrived 14 hours later, followed by those from the European Civil Protection Mechanism (MIC) shortly afterwards. SITCEN also deployed two experts on site.
— An initial emergency aid of 3 million euros has been released.
— a small cell (EUCO Haiti) is set up on the SITCEN side.
Le 18th January 2010An extraordinary foreign affairs council is convened.
— A first aid package of 100 million euros for reconstruction is released by the European Commission with France, Spain and Belgium.
— A second envelope of 1,2 billion euros (the second largest amount) is announced at the New York conference. Of this amount, 2 million euros are provided by the European budget and 460 million by the Member States.
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Monday June 14, 2010. Report presented to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
— In total, humanitarian assistance amounted to 460 million euros (including 120 million from the Community budget – ECHO). More than 800 civilian experts were provided through the Civil Protection Mechanism: 12 search and rescue teams (USAR) were deployed with their dogs (440 people), as well as 2 field hospitals, 5 advanced medical posts and 38 medical teams as well as transport assistance (4,5 million euros). More than 2000 military personnel were deployed with boats, planes, helicopters and engineering forces, including 260 gendarmerie officers provided by France, Italy and Spain to reinforce MINUSTAH.
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What lessons can we draw from this?
Document. (Exclusive) The 10 recommendations of the “lessons learned” report, detailed.
Review of. European aid to Haiti: not negligible at all!
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