Because the quake devastated the capital, both the government and the UN, which has been trying to build a state in Haiti since 2004, were decapitated, losing buildings and essential staff.

• 而因首都遭遇强震，该国政府及联合国驻海地机构均已倒塌，人员伤亡惨重。而联合国自2004年就起一直致力于在海地建立政府体系。