On 12 January 2010 , the United Nations reported that headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ( MINUSTAH ) , the '' Christopher Hotel '' in Port-au-Prince , collapsed , and several other UN facilities were damaged ; a large number of UN personnel were unaccounted for in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake . The Mission 's Chief , Hédi Annabi , was reported dead on 13 January by President René Préval and French news sources and on 16 January the United Nations confirmed the death after his body was recovered by a search and rescue team from China . Principal Deputy Special Representative Luiz Carlos da Costa was also confirmed dead , as well as the Acting Police Commissioner , Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) Superintendent Doug Coates , who were meeting with eight Chinese nationals — four peacekeepers and a delegation of four police officers from China — when the earthquake struck . The Chinese search and rescue team recovered the bodies of the ten individuals on 16 January 2010 . Jens Kristensen , senior humanitarian officer for the UN was rescued by a team from the state of Virginia after five days trapped in the rubble
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti