UN humanitarian teams in Chile

UN: A team from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) traveled to Chile on Tuesday to work with the UN mission in that quake-hit country.

The group will also work with staff of the Santiago-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, said UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Braga.

In remarks to journalists accredited to the UN headquarters in New York, Braga highlighted Chile’s good level of preparation to face disasters like the 8.8-degree quake that hit the country on February 27.

However, she reiterated that the top world body is ready to help in everything, which was expressed by phone by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to President Michelle Bachelet.

Braga said that Chilean authorities requested specific items needed now, including satphones, field hospitals, autonomous dialysis facilities, electric power generators, water purification plants and mobile bridges. New York, Wednesday (Prensa Latina)