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Haiti was a pristine land of excellence in sanitation before<br>
all them filthy UNers came in and trashed the place with<br>
their VooDoo.<br>
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On 01/10/13 8:25, Robert Naiman wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">This petition has more than 10,000 signers.
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Oliver Stone, Just Foreign Policy</b>
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Date: Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:18 PM<br>
Subject: Help the UN rectify its cholera blunder in Haiti<br>
To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>
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<p>Dear Robert,</p>
<p>We all make mistakes. Sometimes our mistakes badly hurt other
people. When we make a mistake that badly hurts other people, it's our
responsibility to do what we can to rectify the harm caused by our
mistake.<br>
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<strong>The United Nations made a terrible series of mistakes in
Haiti that badly hurt hundreds of thousands of Haitians.</strong>
First, the UN sent troops to Haiti who were carriers of the deadly
waterborne disease cholera, which was previously unknown in Haiti.
Then, the UN didn't make sure that UN troops were using proper
sanitation procedures. As a result, UN troops who were infected with
cholera dumped their contaminated waste in a river that was used by
Haitians for drinking water. Then, when people complained about
sanitation problems at the UN base, the UN didn't do anything about the
complaints.<br>
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<strong><span
style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica;">As
a result of the UN's mistakes, since October 2010 </span></strong><span
style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica;"><strong>cholera
has killed thousands of people in Haiti.</strong> Hundreds of thousands
of Haitians have gotten ill, in a country with poor health care
infrastructure to take care of them.<br>
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</span><span
style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica;">Now
the UN has an opportunity to try to rectify the situation. The
anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti is coming up in a few days, and
that's a time when the world will turn its focus towards Haiti. It's
also a time when the UN could make an announcement about what it's
going to do about helping Haiti get rid of cholera. The government of
Haiti and the UN have a plan, but so far the plan isn't funded. A plan
that's not funded can't do anything. We need public pressure <strong>NOW</strong>
on the UN and other donors to come through with money to implement the
plan. </span> </p>
<p><strong>Can you help us build pressure on the UN and other donors
to produce the money to get rid of cholera in Haiti?</strong> I've
initiated a petition at Avaaz which has been signed by thousands of
people from around the world. If we get enough signers, Members of
Congress will present this petition to the UN. <strong>Please sign and
share my petition at this link:</strong> <br>
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href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/End_Haitis_Cholera_Epidemic_with_UN_Action_Now_1/"
target="_blank">http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/End_Haitis_Cholera_Epidemic_with_UN_Action_Now_1/ </a></p>
<p>Thank you for helping me help Haitians who've been hurt by cholera
to raise their voices to the UN. </p>
<p>–Oliver Stone, on behalf of Just Foreign Policy<br>
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