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President Calderón Urges Mexicans to Support Haiti
 Suzanne Stephens Waller - Presidencia de la República
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January 14, 2010
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Mexico City - President Felipe Calderón urged Mexico to help Haiti at this moment when it requires everyone's support and brotherhood to deal with its grief and cope with the emergency in the wake of yesterday's earthquake.
“I know that the people of Mexico will respond to this call from our Haitian brothers with the same generosity, spirit of solidarity and brotherhood we have always shown with this sort of tragedy."
“Once again, I urge all Mexicans to contribute canned food, drinking water, medicine and other useful items for these tragedies, through the Mexican Red Cross and federal offices: the Secretaries of the Interior, Social Development and Health and the Integral Family Development System, DIF, at the federal and state level," he urged.
At the Manuel Ávila Camacho Hall of the official Los Pinos Residence, the Federal Executive reported that three Mexican Armed Forces planes will set off today, carrying between 15 and 20 tons of food, as well as doctors, rescue workers, engineers, and Civil Protection technicians and personnel.
The President added that the Mexican Navy will send the Huasteco Hospital boat, which will transport medical personnel and another 50 tons of foods, followed by the Papaloapan next week.
He explained that the immediate objectives of this mission traveling to Haiti are: the search and recovery of survivors, providing medical assistance to the wounded and undertaking an analysis of the damage and a diagnosis of what requires special attention.
“Today, Mexico is present, in solidarity with Haiti, and we will make every effort to help the Haitian people. I ask you this on behalf of Federal Government and I am convinced that that the people of Mexico will respond with its characteristic brotherhood and solidarity," he declared.
Before setting off on his tour of the state of Michoacán, President Calderón said that in order to coordinate international aid to the Caribbean, he has been in contact by telephone with international leaders, such as US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
“This is crucial, since Haitian social and political structures have collapsed in addition to the country's physical infrastructure, which has also been devastated. International coordination is essential to ensure that efforts to provide support are not dispersed," he explained.
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