[Peace-discuss] NYT definitive on UN responsibility for Haiti cholera outbreak

[Robert Naiman]

"The United Nations bears heavy responsibility for the outbreak: its
own peacekeepers [sic] introduced the disease through sewage leaks at
one their encampments."

"Haiti’s Cholera Crisis"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/haitis-cholera-crisis.html

I call attention to this because at the time of the outbreak and long
after, apologists for the actions of the UN in Haiti dismissed
accusations of UN responsibility as crazy Haitian conspiracy theory,
and until now the UN has not taken responsibility for the outbreak of
cholera in Haiti *which it caused,* and which is certain to kill even
more Haitians as a result of the UN's failure to take responsibility.

As noted in the NYT editorial, Rep. Conyers' office is circulating a
letter to Ambassador Rice, urging that the UN step up its game in
addressing the cholera crisis in Haiti [which the UN caused.] Signers
[5/10] include: Conyers, Cohen, Clarke (NY), Moran, Towns, Grijalva,
Rush, Lee, Kucinich, Edwards, Stark, Rangel, Brown, Maloney,
Schakowsky, Clarke (MI), Waters, Honda, Clay, Lewis (GA), McCollum.

Conyers to Rice on UN: Help Alleviate the Haitian Cholera Crisis
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1218

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org