The UN has been criticised for failing to properly handle hundreds of allegations made against its civilian staff and peacekeepers across the world, ranging from fathering children with women under their protection […]
UN council support tough action for peacekeeping failures | Miami Herald
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday to support tougher U.N. action against peacekeepers who fail to protect civilians, including by sending them home and refusing to pay their governments. […]
Haiti doesn’t have working government after gas riots | Miami Herald
“These events, undeniably an expression of public frustration in the face of social and economic difficulties, have certainly been a major test for the country,”
Top US Officials Covered Up UN-Caused Cholera Outbreak in Haiti – Silver For The People
A groundbreaking March 2017 report from Slate revealed that newly released emails showed officials at the highest levels of the U.S. government were aware almost immediately that U.N. forces likely played a role in a […]
U.N. Accepts Blame but Dodges the Bill in Haiti – The New York Times
Today’s lesson in evading moral responsibility comes to us from the United Nations. The organization says it is terribly concerned about the cholera epidemic in Haiti and wishes to eliminate it. But […]
Uruguay pulling troops out of UN mission in Haiti – USNews.com
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay will soon pull its soldiers out of a United Nations stabilization mission in Haiti that began operations in 2004 and is facing sharp cutbacks, the leader of […]
UN Fails Miserably To Raise Funds For Haiti | American Council on Science & Health
Last October, following the UN General Assembly, we wrote of the urgency needed for the global health crisis occurring in Haiti. At that time, the former Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, admitted the role of the UN in starting […]
UN leader calls for end to military mission in Haiti | virginislandsdailynews.com
After 13 years, it’s time for United Nations soldiers in Haiti to leave, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report to the U.N. Security Council this past week. Source: | virginislandsdailynews.com
Patience, calm urged as votes counted in Haiti | Miami Herald
“Of course, we have to wait. It’s not finished, but I have a positive expectation that we’re moving into the right direction,” said Brazilian diplomat Celso Amorim, who headed the mission.United Nations […]
Haiti pleads for international help on elections | Miami Herald
“We’ve already started the process, and progress is visible,” Pierre-Louis Opont, president of the Provisional Electoral Council, known as the CEP, told Haiti’s international partners in New York during a United Nations […]
Dominican Republic neighbors condemn atrocities against Haitians | New York Amsterdam News: The new Black view
“Heads of government condemned what they perceive as the makings of a grave humanitarian crisis in the region and welcomed the statement of the United Nations secretary-general at the opening ceremony, underlining […]
International experts join Cholera victims’ fight for justice | Boston Haitian Reporter
Haiti’s cholera victims have taken another important step toward justice with respect to the deadly epidemic caused by the United Nations (UN). On May 27, the victims filed their legal brief in […]
United Nations unveils slavery memorial | Miami Herald
Designed by Haitian-American architect Rodney Leon, The Ark of Return memorializes the estimated 15 million African men, women, and children who died during the transatlantic slave trade and the millions of others […]
UN peacekeeping and rape: getting better—or worse? | Fox News
Even as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon claims victory in the battle against sexual abuse by members of U.N. peacekeeping missions, a leaked U.N. internal report charges that peacekeepers are likely […]
U.N. Reveals ‘Alarmingly High’ Levels of Violence Against Women – NYTimes.com
The evidence is ubiquitous. The gang rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi sets off an unusual burst of national outrage in India. In South Sudan, women are […]
US judge dismisses Haiti cholera lawsuit against United Nations – Jamaica Gleaner
A United States judge has ruled that the United Nations is immune from a lawsuit seeking compensation for victims of the deadly cholera outbreak that left more than 8,000 people dead in […]
Haiti protests continue despite U.N. troops’ bullets – Workers World
All over Haiti, people by the tens of thousands are putting their bodies in the streets and their lives on the line. They are demanding the departure of President Michel Martelly and […]
U.S., U.N. Call for Resolution of Deadlock in Haiti Amid Unrest – Latin Dispatch
The U.S. government and the United Nations have urged Haitian authorities to settle a political dispute that has been years in the making, amid protests calling for long-overdue elections.Foreign officials and Haitian […]
Tension mounts in Haiti as clock ticks on electoral impasse | Reuters
The Obama administration and the United Nations are pressuring Haiti’s government to resolve a long-festering dispute over postponed elections in the face of anti-government protests across the impoverished Caribbean country.U.S. and U.N. […]
Haiti’s Political Crisis Is About to Get Worse – Foreign Policy
Instead, thousands of protesters marched from cluttered and crumbling downtown Port-au-Prince up to the tony suburbs and back. They waved voter cards in a show of discontent. Opposition demonstrations rarely leave the […]
Angry protestors denounce Bill and Hillary’s adventures in Haiti – Final Call
He called current Haitian president Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly a puppet of the United States, the United Nations, France, Canada, and other White nations determined to plunder and destroy Haiti.Demonstrators accused former […]
Haiti Police Face Crucial Test With UN Drawdown – ABC News
Their new uniforms clean and crisp, the Haitian officers chat with street vendors and school kids as they stroll through a neighborhood of the dense capital, a practice in the sort of […]
US urges dismissal of Haitian group’s cholera lawsuit against UN – theguardian.com
The US government urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the United Nations by a group of Haitians who claim peacekeepers caused the devastating cholera epidemic that […]
U.S. courts must decide if United Nations is responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti | The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti | CBC Radio
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The United Nations Will Fail Haiti Once Again » CounterPunch
On October 15, the United Nations Security Council will meet to “debate” the extension of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti MINUSTAH which has acted as an occupying force in the country […]
World Bank Chiefs and UN Calls For Support For Haiti’ – SpyGhana
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined global partners, including the head of the World Bank, at a high-level conference in Washington, D.C., to combat water borne diseases like cholera in Haiti and, […]
Haiti’s sanitation needs to be focus of meeting in capitol | The Miami Herald
Still, more than 30 people a day continue to get infected with cholera, a number that remains unacceptable, according to Haitians and other officials as they prepare for a major donor conference […]
Haitian cholera victims could soon bring the UN to court – The Conversation
In October 2010, a cholera outbreak began in Haiti for the first time in more than 100 years. The strain that was brought into Haiti has been traced to a region in […]
Haiti bans its citizens from UN mission against Ebola – Yahoo News
Haitian volunteers have been banned from departing for African countries hit by the Ebola virus, the government said on Friday, citing other diseases that have devastated the poorest country in the Western […]
157-man Philippino Navy contingent is Haiti-bound
A quarter of a battalion, or some 157 members of the Philippine Navy are Haiti-bound anew to replace the returning 17th Navy Contingent 155 men who have finished their United Nations-sanctioned peacekeeping […]
United Nations officially slams American cops as ‘racists’ – Examiner.com
Despite the investigation of Feguson police officer Darren Wilson not even completed yet, according to the CERD committee Vice Chairman Algerian Noureddine Amir, “The excessive use of force by law enforcement officials […]
The USA’s Haitian Puppet Targets Jean Bertrand Aristide yet again| teleSUR
Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide is once again being hounded with bogus corruption allegations by the government of Michel Martelly – a government that owes its existence to US bullying. I don’t dismiss corruption allegations against […]
Borrowing from Hillary Clinton, Haiti Prime Minister raises profile — MiamiHerald.com
For a man who says he’s not a presidential candidate, Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is campaigning like one.From visiting a remote central Haiti village with United Nations head Ban Ki-moon to […]
Justice for Haiti – Editorials – MiamiHerald.com
Although he was only admitting the obvious, it took courage for the secretary general to go as far as he did in an interview with the Herald’s Jacqueline Charles, considering that the […]
Haiti Needs Lasting Solutions For The Displaced and Vulnerable |SpyGhana.com
Four years after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, it is time to move from a largely humanitarian approach to a development based drive, a United Nations human rights expert said today, […]
U.N. chief served with Haiti cholera complaint, lawyers say | Reuters
Lawyers for victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti said on Friday they have served United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a complaint in New York as part of a federal […]
UNITED NATIONS: U.N. head served in Haiti cholera lawsuit — MiamiHerald.com
The law firm representing hundreds of Haitian cholera victims in a complaint against the U.N. said it served Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with the lawsuit as he entered an event in New […]
Lawyers say UN chief served with Haiti lawsuit in NY – Yahoo News
The lawyers claimed that Ban was handed the papers as he entered the Asia Society in Manhattan, where he delivered an impassioned call on the international community to stop the war in […]
Cholera cases in Haiti drop by 75 per cent | United Nations Radio
International efforts have succeeded in significantly reducing the toll of cholera in Haiti, according to the latest official figures from April this year.The number of cases has been reduced by 75 per […]
Setting the Record Straight on Haiti’s Recovery | Patrick Rouzier
I read with great disappointment a Wall Street Journal op-ed about Haiti’s recovery efforts (“Bill, Hillary and the Haiti Debacle,” May 19). Unfortunately, the piece gets many key facts about the approval […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN watchdog: Peacekeepers almost never used force — MiamiHerald.com
U.N. peacekeeping forces responded immediately to only a minority of attacks on civilians and almost never used force to protect them when they did respond, the U.N.’s internal watchdog said. The Office […]
Haiti must not be ungrateful – Letters to the Editor – JamaicaObserver.com
While it is very unfortunate that the United Nations (UN) has been linked to the outbreak of cholera that has been afflicting Haiti since the earthquake a few years ago, I think […]
“Significant progress” in fighting cholera in Haiti | United Nations Radio
“Significant progress” has been made in fighting cholera in Haiti according to a senior United Nations official in the country. The number of cases of the disease has fallen by 75 per […]
International Community Warns of Another Political Crisis in Haiti Over Elections – Atlanta Black Star
Indicating increasing frustration with an ongoing political stalemate in Haiti, the international community warned Tuesday that the country could be headed for another political crisis with unpredictable consequences. The tough stance from […]
U.N. Struggles to Stem Haiti Cholera Epidemic – NYTimes.com
For three years, the United Nations has refused to address whether its peacekeepers brought a deadly strain of cholera to Haiti, insisting instead that it was more important to help the country […]
Improved water and sanitation infrastructure key to controlling Haiti cholera – Caribbean360
“World Water Day is an opportunity to highlight how critical water and sanitation are in the fight against cholera,” said PAHO Deputy Director Jon K. Andrus on Friday, designated by the United […]
Review: Ayiti Toma – The Land of the Living – The Gazette
Montreal filmmaker Joseph Hillel’s thoughtful, refreshingly provocative documentary Ayiti Toma (Creole slang for “Haiti to us”) opens with a full-frontal assault on the notion that western aid has done much good at […]
Haitian-American elected officials press State Department on cholera epidemic suit | Boston Haitian Reporter
Haitian-American elected officials are raising concerns that the United Nations, charged with peacekeeping mandate in Haiti, may try to prevent the nation’s cholera epidemic victims from taking the organization to court. In […]
Haiti’s Shadow Sanitation System : The New Yorker
On the streets of Port-au-Prince, “bayakou” is often used as a hateful slur. Public scorn for bayakou is so acute that some never tell their wives what they do for a living; […]
Some Haiti cholera victims file new lawsuit against U.N . – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
Hundreds of victims of a cholera outbreak in post-earthquake Haiti filed a class-action lawsuit in a New York federal court Tuesday, asking the court to declare that the United Nations is not […]