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The Christopher Hotel〔 UPI, ("U.N. fears staff casualties in Haiti quake" ), 13 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2009) 〕 (also called Hotel Christopher〔 Vancouverite, ("RCMP officer’s body found in rubble in Haiti, another still missing" ), Salim Jiwa, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2009) 〕) was a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake on 12 January 2010.〔 BBC Afrique, ("L'ONU frappée de plein fouet par le séisme en Haïti" ), Bessan Vikou, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010) 〕 Prior to its destruction, it was a 3-star, 74-key,〔 Hotels Mag, ("Haiti's Hôtel Montana, Hotel Christopher Collapse; Hundreds Feared Dead" ), Adam Kirby, 13 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010) 〕 5-story hotel built into the hillside, overlooking the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.〔 Wall Street Journal, ("U.N. Bodyguard Rescued From Haiti Rubble" ), Joe Lauria, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010) 〕 The hotel housed the headquarters for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The hotel allegedlly did not meet the UN's Minimum Operational Safety Standard (MOSS), and reportedly MINUSTAH's 2009 procurement plan contained a budget allocation of US$400,000 to bring the Hotel Christopher into compliance.〔 ==History== In 1993, the then mayor of Port-au-Prince, Evans Paul, escaped an assassination attempt at the hotel.〔 Chicago Tribune, "Gunmen Go After Aristide Allies", Associated Press, 6 October 1993, A7 〕 In 1999, the Haitian Civic Political Front was formed and held its first congress at the hotel. 〔 BBC World Service, 15 September 1999 〕 In 2005, a Filipino UN Peacekeeper was shot by a sniper at the hotel.〔 Asian Journal, ("Filipino UN Peacekeeper in Haiti Survives Sniper Fire" ), 2 April 2005 (accessed 15 January 2010) 〕 The hotel housed the headquarters for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) since 2004.〔 Brunei News, ("" ), Nam News Network, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010) 〕 According to a 2008 statement from the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the "decision to select the Hotel Christopher was based on a locally completed analytical process which determined that this facility was one of the few premises in Port au Prince which would meet the Mission's requirements with regards to space, water and power. It is also in a neighbourhood that was judged in 2004 to be among the safest in Port au Prince." The statement also indicated that the UN was paying a monthly rent of US$94,000 to a private individual, Dr. Gerard Desir.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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