[Peace-discuss] Oliver Stone: Help the UN rectify its cholera blunder in Haiti

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

Haiti was a pristine land of excellence in sanitation before
all them filthy UNers came in and trashed the place with
their VooDoo.


On 01/10/13 8:25, Robert Naiman wrote:
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> This petition has more than 10,000 signers.
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> From: *Oliver Stone, Just Foreign Policy* <noreply at list.signon.org 
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> Date: Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:18 PM
> Subject: Help the UN rectify its cholera blunder in Haiti
> To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org <mailto:naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
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> Dear Robert,
>
> 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.
>
> *The United Nations made a terrible series of mistakes in Haiti that 
> badly hurt hundreds of thousands of Haitians.* 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.
>
> *As a result of the UN's mistakes, since October 2010 **cholera has 
> killed thousands of people in Haiti.* Hundreds of thousands of 
> Haitians have gotten ill, in a country with poor health care 
> infrastructure to take care of them.
>
> 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 *NOW* on 
> the UN and other donors to come through with money to implement the plan.
>
> *Can you help us build pressure on the UN and other donors to produce 
> the money to get rid of cholera in Haiti?* 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. *Please sign and share my petition at this link:*
>
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/End_Haitis_Cholera_Epidemic_with_UN_Action_Now_1/ 
> <http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/End_Haitis_Cholera_Epidemic_with_UN_Action_Now_1/>
>
> Thank you for helping me help Haitians who've been hurt by cholera to 
> raise their voices to the UN.
>
> –Oliver Stone, on behalf of Just Foreign Policy
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> Robert Naiman
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