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HAITI: UN Envoy Sends Condolences After Boat Tragedy
HAITI: UN Envoy Sends Condolences After Boat Tragedy Claims 38 Lives
New York, Dec 27 2011 5:10PM
The head of
the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti today sent
his condolences to the country’s President and families of
the 38 people who died at sea after their boat sank off
Cuba’s eastern coast last week.
Mariano Fernández, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), reaffirmed the mission’s commitment to supporting the Haitian authorities in their efforts to improve the living conditions in the Caribbean country so that Haitians do not have to risk their lives in desperate search for a better future abroad.
According to media reports, the remains of the 38
people were discovered on Saturday when the Cuban coast
guard found the half-sunken boat about 100 metres off the
town of Point Maisi.
The Cuban civil defence agency said
in statement that the dead included 21 men and 17 women,
according to the reports. Some 87 people, including four
children, were
rescued.
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