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the Haiti Earthquake Data Portal Geospatial data for relief and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
Further below is a clip from the UN Haiti Peacekeeping chief to the Secretary General which provides an overview of the mission and its post-quake progress and key challenges. The URL for the full PDF report is also below.
Situation maps printed by Center for Geographic Analysis and Boston University's Center for Remote Sensing being used onsite during field surveys.
This site is aimed at specialists, but includes updated maps of location and facilities, broken down into different sectors, that are useful for those working in relief or rebuilding efforts. It also allows you to customize an RSS feed on different topics listed on the site (under the Menu or Maps section)
There are also links to different UN and other meetings on the post-disaster recovery effort.
(Selected maps include):
Maps include:
* Live incident reporting map, atlas (1) basemaps (8) bridges (1) census (1) damage (8) damage assessment maps (2) (1) emergency response (2) fault lines (2)(1) geology (1) Global Disease Alert Map (1) health centers (2) historical maps (1) hospitals (3)hydrography (3) (1) incident reporting (1) landforms (1largest mashup of imagery (1) medical facilities (2) national grid (1) placenames (1) population density (4)pre-quake (1) rivers (2) satellite image (3) scanned maps (1) streets (4) structures (1)topographic maps (8) transportation (5)
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Also,see below a snippet from the news release of the Haiti UN Peacekeeping Mission Chief to the UN Secretary General summarizing the progress of the Peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
Peacekeeping Chief Tells of Secretary-General’s ‘Ambitious Agenda’ for Post-Conflict Rebuilding, as Special Committee Opens Session
Source: United Nations General Assembly
Date: 22 Feb 2010
Full_Report (pdf* format - 130.8 Kbytes)
GA/PK/203
Special Committee on
Peacekeeping Operations
212th & 213th Meetings (AM & PM)
Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Calls Mission's Frontline Role in Haiti Test Case for Speedy, Flexible Response
With the United Nations peacekeeping architecture stretched and under increasing stress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had developed an "ambitious, forward-looking" agenda to better enable it to contain violence, protect civilians and help national actors build peace after conflict, the head of the world body's peacekeeping operations said today as the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations opened its 2010 substantive session.
The new partnership agenda, based on the recommendations of the Brahimi Report and lessons learned, would focus on planning and oversight, field support, and policy and capability development, said Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. It would aim to fill critical gaps in peacekeeping operations while ensuring that troops were well-prepared, well-equipped and able to deliver on reasonable performance expectations. "I hope 2010 will set us on a path towards providing our personnel with the necessary guidance, resources and political and operations support structures to deliver all of their mandated tasks effectively," he added.
The Under-Secretary-General said the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Department of Field Support (DFS) were hammering out strategies to build and sustain all aspects of peacekeeping capabilities, and to forge peace early on through rule-of-law activities, mine action, security-sector reform as well as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes. The Departments intended to work with experienced troop- and police-contributing countries and other interested Member States to create baseline operational standards for specific uniformed peacekeepers.
(Read full release here)
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And on a final Monday eve note:
I am following, but not posting on the Thackers - the new group of Baptist missionaries in Haiti who got themselves into politically in hot water related to taking orphans out of the country... What's most noteworthy is the anger displayed by Haitians toward this group of missionaries, and the general hostility that has developed toward missionaries engaging in orphan support, in the wake of the New Life Children's Refuge and Laura Silsby debacle. The two cases have no relationship to each other (to my knowledge... but I'm not actively reporting on the Thackers...)
But I am still actively focusing on the Silsby story and will be posting news related to that story very soon, as well as other stories that are in development.
Today (Tuesday) I expect to hear something from Haitian judge Bernard Saint-Vil who was in the Dominican Republic this weekend, checking out the planned orphanage site that Silsby had rented, and likely trying to follow on leads related to the people who might have been helping Silsby to carry out her project.
Note that The Daily Bastardette, who remains ahead of the pack in her reporting on the Baptists, has confirmed something I shared with the UN some time back: other members of the Idaho group were in the Dominican Republic preparing the ex-hotel to receive the children Silsby hoped to bring back from Haiti. When the mission turned into a border arrest, those in the DR seem to have quickly returned to the U.S. where they remain.
The pre-Haiti trip activities of the New Life group remain an interest of mine, and I have been investigating.
Stay tuned.
2 comments:
Silsby's pre-arrest activities are still a focus of my own interest. There are many questions about her adventures in Idaho that haven't yet been addressed.
I believe that all of the "missionaries" knew exactly what they were doing--though they may, in their Biblical self-righteousness, Ameri-centricity and entitlement failed to grasp--or care--about the morality and legality of their actions or view the consequences to Haitian children and families and beyond. Care is probably the operative word.
I'm rather fascinated by the stories of orphanages slamming their doors on them. The Pickett story, in particular, is very interesting. If I'd been with this band of goofballs and seen that kind of hostility to my do-gooderism, I'd have stopped it right then and there. But then, I'm not listening to voices in my head. To me it's a lot about race, cultural, and christo-arrogance.
One small but odd statement came from Clint Henry in an early interview. There are so many stories and videos out there, I'm not sure I saved it. I should have. In it, somebody asks why Silsby should be considered qualified to run an orphanage. Henry answered, "She's a mother."
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