UN refusal to recognize role in Haiti cholera a ‘debacle’: expert

The United Nations' refusal to admit full responsibility for the years-long cholera epidemic that has claimed more than 9,000 lives in Haiti is a debacle that it has a duty to correct, a UN expert said Tuesday. The world body admits that it is morally bound to help Haiti deal with the deadly outbreak, which is blamed on UN peacekeepers who were sent to the Caribbean country after the 2010 earthquake. Alston said the world body must set up a procedure to settle claims by the families of thousands of victims killed by cholera.

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UN refusal to recognize role in Haiti cholera a ‘debacle’: expert