The UN should step in and oversee the distribution of all disaster relief supplies, donated money, and rebuilding, especially since the Haitian govt has proven it is too corrupt to do so.
Unfortunately the UN has completely screwed over Haiti as well. They were to blame for the huge cholera epidemic as well as a quizzillion other abuses. UN has been there since 2004.
Sigh. It's a dog's breakfast in Haiti.
How United Nations has failed Haiti | The Herald
Leaked UN report faults sanitation at Haiti bases at time of cholera outbreak
"The existence of the internal UN review, which has been seen by the Guardian, will add to pressure on the world body to face up to the role it played as the source of the cholera epidemic. The UN is currently
facing a lawsuit from 1,500 Haitians who blame the world organisation for negligently allowing peacekeepers from Nepal to carry the disease into the country, months after Haiti was devastated by an earthquake.
Until the epidemic started in October 2010, Haiti had been free of cholera for at least 150 years. Mounting evidence suggests that the Asian strain of cholera was unwittingly imported by the peacekeepers from Nepal when they were relocated to Haiti to help with emergency work in the aftermath of the earthquake.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that the UN failed to screen peacekeepers from Nepal for cholera, where the disease is common, and that a private contractor hired by the UN failed to ensure sanitary conditions and adequate infrastructure at the UN military camp in Mirebalais.
They allege that this led to sewage and other waste being pumped straight into the Meille river, a tributary of Haiti’s biggest river, the Artibonite."
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Leaked UN report faults sanitation at Haiti bases at time of cholera outbreak
13 October 2015, 05:01 UTC
The United Nations is miserably failing the victims of the cholera epidemic its personnel triggered in Haiti five years ago, with thousands left waiting for access to effective medical treatment and compensation, said Amnesty International.
“The UN must not just wash its hands of the human suffering and pain that it has caused. Setting up general health programmes and sanitation campaigns is important but not enough.
What is needed now is a proper investigation into the full extent of the damages caused, and a detailed plan to help those who have fallen victim to this disease and the relatives of those who have died,” said Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.
The UN must not just wash its hands of the human suffering and pain that it has caused.
Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.
“Failing to take action will only undermine the UN’s credibility and responsibility as a promoter of human rights across the world.
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More than 9,000 people died of cholera between October 2010 and August 2015 and hundreds of thousands more have been affected.
Most victims come from poor and marginalized sectors of society. All attempts by victims to obtain truth, justice and remedy have been denied so far.
UN failing cholera victims in Haiti five years after outbreak
