Haiti and Chile Earthquakes Haiti Quake ‘A Great Tragedy,’ Acting Top UN Envoy Says, January 16, 2010 by Gary Kopycinski on January 16, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Haiti and Chile Earthquakes: Haitians Still Threatened by Inadequate Cholera Response October 20, 2011 Clean Water, Sanitation and Food Remain Relief Priorities in Haiti – UN Official October 4, 2011 Citing Precarious Conditions, UN Urges Governments Not to Return Haitians June 21, 2011 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 January 2010 – The acting top United Nations envoy to Haiti called Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake “a great tragedy,” as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepares to visit the impoverished Caribbean nation tomorrow.