Chile Earthquake: UN Secretary-General travels to Chile
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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 4 March 2010 - The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will travel to Chile this evening. He wants to express solidarity and sympathy with the people and government of Chile following the 27 February earthquake. He will also assess the humanitarian assistance effort and the scale of the disaster for himself. The Secretary-General is expected to meet on Friday with President Michele Bachelet and President-elect Sebastian Pinera, as well as senior government officials in charge of national disaster and emergency humanitarian assistance. He will reiterate that the United Nations system, through its Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, is committed to assisting the Chilean government and people in any way required, both immediate and long-term. During his visit, he is also expected to visit the city of Concepcion, one of the cities most affected by the earthquake, and to meet with staff at the UN Ecomomic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and other UN agencies and programmes which have a presence in Chile.
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