By not acknowledging what Haitians themselves think they need, the UN is failing to sort out one of its worst ever blunders.
- Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
Les Nations unies ont présenté leurs excuses aux Haïtiens pour avoir introduit le choléra dans leur pays. Le débat porte maintenant sur le financement des compensations.
After admitting that its peacekeepers brought the disease to the country, the organisation must make financial amends too.
Après des années de tergiversations, les Nations unies ont reconnu leur part de responsabilité dans le déclenchement de l’épidémie. Reste maintenant à assumer financièrement.
It has long been known that UN forces brought disease to the country in the aftermath of an earthquake, but how can amends be made?
The UN might now apologise for poisoning scores of Roma people in Kosovo – but its role in Haiti’s cholera disaster still goes unacknowledged.
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