UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes the world body has a moral responsibility to help Haiti's cholera victim
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19 August 2016 – Earlier today, the spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke about how the UN system is actively working
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is working on a package that would provide “material assistance” to cholera victims in Haiti, his sp
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2010 file photo, cholera patients receive serum at the St. Nicholas Hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti. A U.N.
The UN has finally acknowledged it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people in the countr
19 August 2016 – Noting that a United States federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed on behalf chol
The United Nations’ wall of denial concerning its responsibility for Haiti’s six-year-old cholera epidemic—and claims of diplomatic immunity regard
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman said the world body was at least partly to blame for the initial outbreak of the deadly waterborne d
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A U.S.
The United Nations cannot be sued in a US court over claims it was to blame for a outbreak of cholera which has killed thousands in Haiti, a federa
Years after medical studies linked the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti to infected United Nations peacekeepers, the organization’s auditors found th
A report sent to the United Nations by a special rapporteur blamed the international organization for a deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti and strong
The United Nations is saying for the first time that it was involved in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and needs to do ‘much more’ to end the
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Researchers say there is ample evidence that cholera was introduced to Haiti's biggest river in October, 2010 by inadequately treated sewage f
Lawyers seeking compensation for Haitians killed or sickened by cholera that they blame on United Nations peacekeepers said the U.N.'s admissi
The UN has finally acknowledged it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people in the countr
Noting that a United States federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed on behalf cholera victims in Ha
Months after an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, a deadly new crisis began to unfold: Cholera spread through the wretched tent cities that had
Months after an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, a deadly new crisis began to unfold: Cholera spread through the wretched tent cities that had
FILE- In this Feb. 24, 2016, file photo, Dr.
The United Nations recently admitted that it played a role in introducing cholera to Haiti after a deadly earthquake hit the nation in 2010.
(CNN)For the first time, the United Nations has acknowledged its own involvement in a devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 that killed at
Via Reuters: Aid agencies race to contain cholera outbreak in Central African Republic.
LIKE CLIMATE change deniers, the United Nations for years has stood virtually alone against the weight of scientific opinion on its own peacekeeper
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Brian Concannon, Jr., Esq., Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, brian@ijdh.org, +1-541-263-0029 (En
As the UN accepts a role in the outbreak of cholera in Haiti, Deputy-Secretary General Jan Eliasson says the emphasis must be on helping Haitians.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Human rights group hail statement by international body about ‘its own involvement’ in crisis which experts say still has not received proper atten
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lawyers seeking compensation for Haitians killed or sickened by cholera that they blame on United Nations pea
The United Nations has taken the blame for helping import the cholera epidemic that spread across Haiti almost six years ago, killing thousands of
Six years after a cholera epidemic killed thousands in earthquake-stricken Haiti, the United Nations has admitted that it played a role in the init
United Nations officials have acknowledged for the first time that the organization bears responsibility for the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti tha
Burundi has registered 95 cases of cholera in the country’s southwest regions over the past three weeks alone, health officials say.
“The United Nations uncovered serious sanitation failures in its Haiti peacekeeping mission just a month after a deadly cholera outbreak erupted in
(Newser) – After six years, the UN has admitted it is at least partially responsible for the cholera outbreak ravaging Haiti, the New York Times re
Many thanks to old Haiti hand Dr. John Carroll for sending the link to this New York Times report by Jonathan M.
For the first time since a cholera epidemic believed to be imported by U.N.
For the first time since a cholera epidemic believed to be imported by United Nations peacekeepers began killing thousands of Haitians nearly six y
This blog by Jason Silverstein has been reposted in light of developments as reported in the New York Times on August 17, 2016: The battle between
The July outbreak of violence in Juba forced people to flee their homes. Scores were injured or killed.
Officials in northern Uganda say dozens of cholera cases have been reported at a reception center for South Sudanese refugees.
Officials in northern Uganda say dozens of cholera cases have been reported at a reception center for South Sudanese refugees.
The July outbreak of violence in Juba forced people to flee their homes. Scores were injured or killed.
The July outbreak of violence in Juba forced people to flee their homes. Scores were injured or killed.
Ninety-five cases of cholera have been registered during the last three weeks in Burundi's southwest regions, health officials confirmed Tuesd
Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Department of Health Services has confirmed a total of 68 cholera (Vibrio cholerae Ogawa 01) ca
Some of the refugees fetch water at Bidibidi settlement. PHOTO BY MARTIN OKUDI.