UN officials said some people worked in the of the mission which has . They said the of the mission was inside the and remains unaccounted for, but the struck around o'clock in the , so it's not clear how many others were still .

UN troops have surrounded the and are trying to those trapped in the rubble; other United Nations buildings have also been , but details are scarce because of disrupted . The peacekeeping numbers around people, including civilian ; it's located in different parts of the , and was deployed in to bring order following an armed against then Jean Bertrand Aristide.

The blow to the UN's on the ground may slow relief and rescue for the Haitian people, but its humanitarian is sending emergency response and releasing emergency . The Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said he's at the scale of the and has made initial to encourage a coordinated response.