Further considering that more than 200,000 lives were lost in the earthquake in Haiti, which caused damage and losses amounting to an estimated US$ 7.8 billion (US$ 4.3 billion in physical damage and US$ 3.5 billion in economic losses), or the equivalent of more than 120 per cent of Haiti's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009,and that the earthquake in Chile caused damage and losses estimated at between US$ 15 and 30 billion, or the equivalent of 15 per cent of Chile's GDP, Considering that Haiti, the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, is also facing severe problems of food security as a consequence of the disaster,