In their latest Epidemiological Update on Cholera, the health agency reports, “In 2013, there has been an average of 1,120 cholera cases and 9 deaths per week. Over 1,000 cases a week […]
IRIN Global | Nepal denies link to Haiti cholera | Haiti | Nepal | Health & Nutrition | Natural Disasters
“It is easy to blame the Nepali soldiers as they contribute a lot to UN peacekeeping missions, and they happened to be in Haiti at the right time when the epidemic occurred, […]
Des chercheurs de Yale appellent l’Onu à assumer ses responsabilités face au choléra
Ce rapport présente des recherches qui prouvent la responsabilité des troupes de la MINUSTAH dans l’introduction du choléra en Haïti. « Les principales enquêtes sur la crise du choléra ont désigné les […]
La pauvreté, le plus grand ennemi des droits humains
A l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits de l’homme, célébrée chaque année le 10 décembre dans le monde entier, le Comité interministériel des droits de la personne(CDIPP) tient pendant deux jours […]
Red Cross appeals for more donations to Haitian cholera epidemic | Vaccine News Daily
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued an international appeal on Thursday requesting approximately $12.7 million to battle the cholera epidemic in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The […]
La requète du Président Desras n’est pas prise en considération par le parlement Chilien – Radio Television Caraibes
« Le Chili fait partie d\’une mission de l\’ONU. Sa fonction est de collaborer à la Paix en Haïti. Son travail n\’est pas politique, il n\’est pas d\’une faction ou d’une autre […]
Haitian cholera epidemic spreads
The strain of bacteria which caused the cholera epidemic in Haiti has spread to other countries. Meanwhile, victims of the epidemic in Haiti look set to sue the United Nations. Since a […]
Resurging violence in Haiti concern UN peacekeeping mission – Latest News – JamaicaObserver.com
“Such crimes are particularly disturbing as they endanger the safety of all, and the social peace that Haiti needs to move forward on the path of strengthening rule of law and socio-economic […]
CBC News examines implications of Haiti cholera lawsuit for UN operations worldwide, including in the Phillippines | Vancouver Observer
Lewis says the lawsuit is already affecting UN operations. He cites the fact that the world body has dispatched its top emergency relief official to the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon […]
Haiti Cholera Lawsuit Against the UN: Recommendations for U.S. Policy
Ten months after the 2010 earthquake, Haiti was ravaged by cholera for the first time in over a century. Approximately 8,300 Haitians have died and 680,000 more have been sickened from cholera.[5] […]
Haitian Cholera Epidemic Continues to Kill Elsewhere – Yahoo News
Since a cholera epidemic began in Haiti in 2010, the disease has killed more than 8,300 people in that country. The bacteria that cause cholera may be settling in for good in […]
UN sued for cholera, refuses to talk about it
Haitian activist organizations remained true to their word by filing an early October class action complaint on behalf of five Haitian families who have suffered because a cholera outbreak in the country […]
Sandra Honoré s’inquiète…
Sandra Honoré, la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général de l\’ONU en Haïti, dit s\’inquiéter \”des informations selon lesquelles de jeunes étudiants ont été victimes de jets de pierre et d\’attaque au gaz […]
Masters of Disaster Bring Cholera to Haiti and Polio to Syria | Dissident Voice
680,000 cases of cholera in Haiti since UN rescue mission The 7.0 Mw earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010 collapsed an already fragile society and infrastructure. The United States and major European […]
Pictures: Check out Club Indigo for a beach stay while in Haiti | Examiner.com
What was once the Club Med has reemerged as Club Indigo with more than 225 rooms located in several colorful buildings on the sandy beach of Haiti’s Arcadin Coast. All accommodations are […]
Le Matin – Après le vote de la résolution, Sandra Honoré se penche sur le mandat de la MINUSTAH
Effectivement, par la Résolution 2119, le Conseil de Sécurité a renouvelé le mandat de la Mission de Stabilisation pour encore un an, jusqu’en octobre 2014. Les priorités pour moi comme Représentante spéciale […]
IPS – In Haiti, Cholera Claims New Victims Daily | Inter Press Service
In a single week between Oct. 19 and Oct. 26, the Pan-American Health Organisation reported 1,512 new cases and 31 deaths. New cases are reported in all 10 departments. \”It is clear […]
OpEdNews: Masters of disaster bring cholera to Haiti and polio to Syria
Haiti and Syria are victims of their rescuers. The two nations are now sites of major disease outbreaks. Cholera in Haiti and polio in Syria didn\’t just happen. Through negligence, those who […]
Haïti : plainte déposée contre l’ONU par des victimes du choléra – RFI
Dossier Haïti : Nous allons revenir sur cette plainte deposée récemment contre l\’ONU par des victimes du choléra. En effet, le 9 octobre 2013, c\’est-à-dire il y a environ 3 semaines, une association de […]
Uruguay to Pull Peacekeepers from Haiti: President | NTN24
\”They were supposed to have called elections to the Senate a while ago. We see it going very slowly, we see nothing happening,\” he said on the “Telenoche de Uruguay” news program. […]
The UN owes Haiti – NY Daily News
The United Nations’ callous and chronic refusal to own up to its responsibility for inadvertently importing a cholera epidemic to one of the world’s most impoverished nations may finally come back to […]
Haïti : la situation des détenus est alarmante, selon l’ONU
« La situation des détenus en Haïti n’est pas mauvaise, elle est alarmante», a déploré le représentant spécial de l’ONU en Haïti. Carl Alexandre a informé que près de 10 mille personnes […]
Haitian Cholera Strain Spreads To Mainland With Mexico Outbreak : Shots – Health News : NPR
Since it was introduced into Haiti — very likely by United Nations peacekeeping troops from Nepal who were billeted at a camp with poor sanitary facilities — cholera has sickened 715,000 people […]
Should the United Nations Be Liable for the Haiti Cholera Epidemic? | David S. Kemp | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia
Perhaps the most fundamental tenet of injury law is that when one party causes injury to another party, the injured party may be entitled to compensation for his or her losses. Different […]
Tout Haiti – Première victoire de la HAITEL contre l’ETAT Haïtien hostile au Business de la diaspora – Annulation des ventes illégales
Les instances judiciaires de la République D\’Haïti ont pris la décision d\’accepter l\’opposition faite contre les ventes arbitraires et illegales de biens de la HAITEL SA par une opposition suivie d\’une assignation […]
Haiti police keep pressure on armed bandits – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
For weeks, Haiti police, with backup from United Nations security forces, have cracked down on criminal activity along National Road 2, which runs through Petit-Goave, a normally quiet coastal city. They have […]
Après des douaniers, un homme d’affaires écroué »
La justice haïtienne a procédé mardi à l’arrestation de l’homme d’affaires Philippe Victor Chatelain, dans le cadre de l’enquête sur la contrebande menée au sein de l’Administration générale des douanes toujours paralysée […]
Radio Metropole Haiti ! | L’ONU et Haïti formeront une commission de lutte contre le choléra
Le secrétaire général des Nations Unies, Ban Ki-moon, veut lancer de nouvelles initiatives tandis que les avocats des parents des victimes du cholera ont, la semaine dernière, lancé officiellement des poursuites judicaires […]
Haiti’s ‘invisible girls’ call on EU to gender-monitor aid | EurActiv
The Commission’s Department of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (Echo) alone donated €213 million to the stricken Caribbean nation. But while disaster relief and overseas assistance to Haiti was desperately needed – […]
Choléra en Haïti : l’ONU sous pression
L\’immunité diplomatique dont se prévaut l\’Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) lui garantit-elle l\’impunité ? C\’est cette question que devra trancher un tribunal fédéral de New York saisi le 9 octobre d\’une plainte […]
Petit-Goâve, Haiti: Armed bandits testing Haiti’s understaffed police forces – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
“We are going to get them,” Francois, on the job just two weeks, said before pulling up at one of several heavily armed police checkpoints on National Road 2, where specially trained […]
Video: For Haiti’s amputees, a struggle but less of a stigma: part 2 | Al Jazeera America
Three years after the devastating earthquake there, some of Haiti\’s youngest are adjusting to life without limbs. Special correspondent Soledad O\’Brien reports on young amputees taking their next steps toward a new […]
Clean Water, Sanitation Ease Cholera in Haiti
Clean water and improved sanitation reduced the rate of cholera in part of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, researchers reported. But such public health interventions will probably not be enough to eradicate […]
No conscience left for Haiti? — JamaicaObserver.com
The New York lawsuit alleges that UN peacekeepers introduced cholera to Haiti in 2010. The lawyers are demanding compensation of US$100,000 for every person who died and US$50,000 for each of those […]
UN at fault for cholera outbreak in Haiti – The Oracle: University of South Florida
Rather than taking necessary safety measures to keep hundreds of thousands of people healthy, the United Nations (UN) has carelessly allowed them to become infected with a newly spread disease. Human rights […]
Haiti’s Imported Disaster – NYTimes.com
It is, instead, a man-made disaster, advocates for Haitian victims contend, asserting the epidemic is a direct result of the negligence of United Nations peacekeepers who failed to keep their contaminated sewage […]
OPINION: Haiti and the culture of poverty – Financial and Business News – MENAFN
It may seem odd that my op-ed last week dealing with the issue of the wealth of Haiti is followed this week by one about the culture of poverty in that island […]
Transparency International: Rapport sur la corruption dans les missions des Nations Unis à travers le monde – Radio Television Caraibes
Le rapport est accablant pour la mission onusienne. Amnesty inernational rappelle que le problème de la corruption ne peut pas être pris à la légère et invite les Nations Unies et ses […]
Choléra : Procès contre L’ONU !
Le 9 octobre, des avocats représentant plus de 5.000 victimes haïtiennes du choléra et leurs familles vont déposer une poursuite en recours collectif dans le district sud de New York pour réclamer […]
Radio Metropole Haiti ! | La reconfiguration prochaine de la MINUSTAH envisagée
« J\’entends étudier avec le gouvernement haïtien et les États Membres la meilleure manière, pour l\’ONU, de favoriser la stabilité et le développement du pays\”, a expliqué le Secrétaire général des Nations […]
Immunity or impunity? Lawsuit seeks to hold UN accountable for Haiti cholera epidemic | Fox News
“It’s going to be a pretty drawn-out process,” said Beatrice Lindstrom, an attorney for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IIJDH), a Boston-based group that filed suit in Manhattan’s Federal […]
Le Nouvelliste – Le sort des enfants haïtiens préoccupe l’ambassadeur français
Pour Patrick Nicoloso, ambassadeur Français en Haïti, la chose va de soi : « L\’adoption est une procédure de dernier recours et doit être dans l\’intérêt de l\’enfant et non dans celui […]
L’ONU devrait prolonger sa mission de paix en Haiti – Radio Television Caraibes
La présence de la MINUSTAH est de plus en plus remise en cause en Haïti par des responsables politiques et certains membres de la société civile, peut-on lire dans le dernier rapport […]
Radio Metropole Haiti ! | L’ONU refuse de commenter les poursuites judiciaires à cause du choléra
Interrogé par les journalistes sur la demande de compensation des victimes du cholera, M. Farhan a fait valoir qu\’il \” n\’est pas dans les pratiques de l\’ONU de discuter publiquement des poursuites […]
Rights Advocates Suing U.N. Over the Spread of Cholera in Haiti – NYTimes.com
The lawsuit, which the advocates said they would file in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday morning, will be the strongest action they have taken in pressing the United Nations to […]
Activists Sue U.N. Over Cholera That Killed Thousands In Haiti : Shots – Health News : NPR
Human rights activists are suing the United Nations on behalf of five Haitian families afflicted by cholera — a disease many believe U.N. peacekeeping troops brought to Haiti in the aftermath of […]
Epidemie de cholera: Plaintes a New York contre les Nations Unis – Radio Television Caraibes
L\’ONU REFUSE DE DÉDOMMAGER LES VICTIMES Déposée devant un tribunal de New York, sans précisions quant au montant des compensations demandées, la plainte fait suite à la décision des Nations unies, en […]
New Studies Show Cholera Emerging as a Driver of Progress in Public Health in Haiti
\”This dreadful disease has become a clarion call for action that could have far-reaching benefits for the people of Haiti beyond ending cholera transmission,\” says Jon Andrus, MD, deputy director of the […]
Why American Courts Can’t Cure Haiti’s Cholera Tragedy – Businessweek
Among Haiti’s biblical-scale woes is a cholera outbreak that began in October 2010. The disease has killed thousands. Haiti’s government, led by Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, blames the United Nations. Specifically, Haiti […]
UN caused deadly cholera in Haiti, covered it up, lawsuit says — MSNBC
Survivors and family members of nearly 700,000 Haitians who have contracted cholera are suing the United Nations for billions of dollars, accusing the U.N. of covering up its role in starting the […]