UN Secretary-General Praises ‘Extraordinary Courage and Dedication’ of Staff, in Message to Memorial Service for Haiti Mission’s Earthquake Dead

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—28 January 2010. The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the memorial service for staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), delivered by Edmond Mulet, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, in Port-au-Prince today, 28 January:

Dear colleagues, friends,

I know there is little I can say to give you comfort on this sad day.  The United Nations was born in suffering.  You have seen the people of Haiti…