**Officials in Bangladesh are concerned about the safety of six of their police officers in Haiti following the devastating earthquake there.**A senior police official in Dhaka told the BBC they had been unable to contact the officers, who were serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
India and Sri Lanka say their UN staff are safe. One Nepali soldier was hurt.
The UN says 100-150 people from its mission are still missing. It is feared tens of thousands may have died.
UN HQ contact
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listed 16 peacekeeping soldiers and police from the 9,000-strong mission known to have lost their lives.
Police in Bangladesh say they have sent a message to UN officials to try to confirm the whereabouts of the six missing officers.
Bangladeshi officials are also in touch with their diplomats based at the UN headquarters in New York.
Nepal’s army has confirmed that one Nepali soldier serving with the UN in the quake-hit nation was injured but all others in the 350-strong contingent have been accounted for.
According to the Press Trust of India, the Indian ambassador to Cuba, Mitra Vasisht, is heading to the Dominican Republic to assess the situation.
Law and order
India has 141 police personnel serving with the UN, who the ambassador says are safe. But she is concerned for the safety of the country’s honorary consul general in Haiti who she has not been able to contact yet.
Some 940 Sri Lankan security forces personnel are in Haiti and the government had contacted UN officials to ensure their wellbeing, the country’s army said.
Pakistan also has personnel there. A spokesman for the Pakistan Rangers was quoted as saying all officials and soldiers were safe.
The UN mission to Haiti began in 2004, following the ousting of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Its mandate is to maintain law and order in the impoverished and often violent state and to administer security during election periods.