A total of 14 employees of the UN mission in Haiti were killed and 56 injured after a powerful quake destroyed the organization's headquarters in Port-au-Prince, UN officials said on Thursday.

Two earthquakes measuring 7 and 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, with thousands feared dead. The quake, with an epicenter located only 10 km from Port-au-Prince, destroyed many buildings, including the UN headquarters and the presidential palace.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra said 10 Brazilian peacekeepers, three Jordanian nationals and one resident of Haiti were killed.

Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, said in his turn nine people were pulled out of the rubble alive. He said, however, that some 150 UN personnel are missing and many of them might be dead.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was quoted as saying on the UN website that "many people are still trapped inside" the UN Headquarters in the Christopher Hotel that was leveled in the quake.

The Secretary General did not confirm the death of Hedi Annabi, his special representative in Haiti, saying that the Tunisian remained unaccounted for.

NEW YORK, January 14 (RIA Novosti)