United Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations Security Council has approved a proposal to send an additional 2,000 soldiers and 1,500 police officers to quake-ravaged Haiti, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. By its approval of the plan Monday, "the council sends a clear signal: The world is with Haiti," Ban said. He said he was confident that member states would respond quickly in order to get the troops on the ground as soon as possible. "I believe that the deployment of additional troops and police forces will be done quite quickly," Ban said. "... In every aspect of our operation there, we are running against time."
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2,000 soldiers, 1,500 police officers to be sent to quake zone
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The forces will bolster the approximately 7,000 @placeholder soldiers and 2,200 police already assigned there, at least 22 of whom were killed in the January 12 earthquake.