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January 19, 2010
Haiti one week later
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved 3,500 extra troops and police officers to beef up security in Haiti and ensure that desperately needed aid gets to earthquake victims as the world body defended itself against criticism that millions still don't have food or water. A week after the magnitude 7.0 quake struck, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the U.N. food agency distributed rations for nearly 200,000 people. It is a small percentage of the 3 million to 3.5 million the U.N. says have been affected. Ban said the U.N. goal is to increase the number of people receiving food to 1 million this week and at least 2 million in the following two weeks.
"The situation is overwhelming," Ban told reporters.
But he said "initial difficulties and bottlenecks" in delivering relief items are being overcome and U.N. relief operations "are gearing up quickly." (30 images)

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U.S. armed forces land on the lawn of the Haitian National Palace as Haitians peer through the fences, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / The Miami Herald / Carl Juste


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A U.S. Navy helicopter takes off in front of the National Palace after members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, front, landed in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. U.S. Navy helicopters touched down on the grounds of Haiti's damaged presidential palace bringing reinforcements in the struggle for security and earthquake disaster relief. AP / Ramon Espinosa



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U.S. Army soldiers unload food supplies at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince on Jan., 19. AFP / Getty Images / Luis Acosta



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A U.S. soldier gestures for people to sit down as they distribute disaster relief supplies in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Jae C. Hong



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A Jordanian UN peacekeeper distributes food to earthquake survivors in Port au Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Minustah / Logan Abassi



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Haitians wait for U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, to distribute food and water in Leogane, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 19. Marines arrived in Leogane and in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday to supplement ongoing aid to the severely earthquake damaged country. AP / Julie Jacobson



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Earthquake survivors reach out for shoes as water and clothing are distributed at a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Francois Mori



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A woman gestures as she waits in line for food from the United Nations in the Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. The food ran out before most of the line could pass. AP / Ramon Espinosa



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A boy walks with his bag of food supply at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, on Jan., 19. AFP / Getty Images / Luis Acosta



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Haitian aid workers stack cases of bottled water for distribution from the back of a truck as hundreds of Haitians wait nearby for aid on Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / Chris Hondros



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Haitians wait in line for the distribution of food by members of the 2nd brigade of the 82nd Airborne on Jan. 19, in the town of Terra Noire just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / Win McNamee



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A Peruvian peacekeeper screams as he tries to control a crowd during food distribution for earthquake survivors at a warehouse in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Ariana Cubillos



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Haitian people struggle for food supplies at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 19. AFP / Getty Images / Luis Acosta



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Haitians comb over a destroyed shop for goods in the downtown commercial district Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / Chris Hondros



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Alleged looters carry away goods in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Ricardo Arduengo



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A woman walks on a street in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 19. Thousands of residents have fled the city in recent days, saying they were tired of sleeping in the street, afraid of being robbed by ruthless gangs, or simply fearful that new powerful aftershocks might destroy buildings that still remain standing. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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Minustah's Jordanian Battalion set up and opened a 12 bed hospital at their base Jan. 19, in Port Au Prince, Haiti. The Peacekeepers are feeding any children that enter and are treating patients who are injured from the earthquake that devasted Haiti Tuesday, Jan. 12. Getty Images / UN / Minustah / Sophia Paris



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Tamara Marc, 9, left, and her sister Fabie Marc, 7, who were injured in the Haiti earthquake, eat from a can of Vienna sausage as they sit in the United Nations field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Gerald Herbert



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Haitians carry a dead body in a cemetery on Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / Uriel Sinai



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Armante Cherisma cries in front of the body of her daughter, Fabienne, 15 years old, allegedly killed by a policeman during lootings in the Marthely Seiee street Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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A man grieves over the dead body of a relative who just died after being rescued from the rubble on Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / Uriel Sinai



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A Haitian police officer chases a suspected looter in downtown Jan. 19, in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / UN / Minustah / Logan Abassi



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People walk with goods taken from a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / Ramon Espinosa



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A Haitian policeman patrols at street on Jan. 19, in the harbor of Port-au-Prince. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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A Haitian policeman confronts a suspected looter on Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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People converge on a quake-destroyed house on Jan. 19, in Port-au-Prince. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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A Haitian family, trying to leave the city, boards a boat on Jan. 19, in the harbor of Port-au-Prince. Thousands of residents have fled the city in recent days, saying they were tired of sleeping in the street, afraid of being robbed by ruthless gangs, or simply fearful that new powerful aftershocks might destroy buildings that still remain standing. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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A Haitian family, trying to leave the city, prepares to board a boat on Jan. 19, in the harbor of Port-au-Prince. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Laban Mattei



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A mother loads her son through the window of a bus loaded with earthquake victims making a chaotic exit on a bus out of Port au Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Jan. 19. AP / The Miami Herald / Patrick Farrell



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Israeli doctors give CPR to a premature baby born on Monday, Jan.18 at the Israeli army hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Getty Images / Uriel Sinai



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