Officials confirm identity of British UN worker killed in Haiti quake

A British UN worker who died in the Haiti earthquake has been identified as Ann Barnes, from Leigh-on-Sea, in Essex, the Foreign Office said today. The 59-year-old is the second Briton known to have died in the disaster. Barnes, a personal assistant to the UN police commissioner, had been working in Haiti for more than two years. It is believed she was working on the second floor of the UN headquarters in the capital, Port-au-Prince, when the earthquake struck. UN officials have not disclosed where her body was found. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of a second British national in the Haiti earthquake. The UN has confirmed to us that the body of Ann Barnes has been identified." The UN suffered more that 80 deaths in the quake, and more than 50 of its staff remain unaccounted for. The dead include Hedi Annabi, the head of the UN mission in Haiti, and Frederick Wooldridge, 41, from Kent. Wooldridge, the first Briton confirmed to have been killed in the earthquake, was a senior political affairs and planning officer with the UN.