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Le reflux des gauches en Amérique du Sud
▻http://america-latina.blog.lemonde.fr/2016/12/11/le-reflux-des-gauches-en-amerique-du-sud/#xtor=RSS-32280322

Depuis la fin 2015, on assiste à un tournant politique en Amérique du Sud : le reflux de la gauche et du #populisme, qui ont marqué la région après l’élection du lieutenant-colonel #Hugo_Chavez à la présidence du #Venezuela (1999-2013). En … Continuer la lecture →

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UN admits for first time that peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti | Global development | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/dec/01/haiti-cholera-outbreak-stain-on-reputation-un-says

In a 16-page report released on Thursday setting out what is being billed as a new approach to fighting cholera in Haiti, the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, cites expert opinion about the cause of the deadly outbreak. It found that “the preponderance of the evidence does lead to the conclusion that personnel associated with the [UN’s peacekeeping] facility were the most likely source”.

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Despite the presentation of the speech as a historic “apology”, it remained carefully worded in order to meet the tight limitations imposed by the UN’s legal position. Since cholera erupted in Haiti in September 2010, the UN has insisted that it is legally immune from any claims for compensation from those who were sickened or from the families of those who died.

The official death toll now stands at 9,200 people, but studies have suggested that if under-reporting is taken into account the real figure may be more than three times that number.

#Haïti #choléra #Nations-unies

UN should apologize for #cholera in #Haiti
►http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2012/08/thinktank-un-should-apologize-for-cholera-in-haiti.html

A thinktank called the International Crisis Group has released a report titled Towards a Post-MINUSTAH Haiti: Making an Effective Transition. Excerpt from the executive summary and recommendations:

To the UN Secretary-General: ...
5. Respond to the cholera epidemic by: 
a) apologising for the perceived failures of some units to appropriately dispose of human waste in relation to the cholera epidemic, regardless of ongoing scientific disputes as to the devastating epidemic’s origins; 
b) directing that MINUSTAH undertake further actions in conjunction with the Haitian government to reduce the short-term spread of the disease prioritising vaccination in remote areas, access to drinking water, and treatment; 
c) convening additional donors’ commitment to the ten-year comprehensive water and sanitation infrastructure investment project now recommended by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) and the health ministries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; and 
d) reporting to the Security Council on the pace of implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on cholera for all peacekeeping missions.
Somehow I don’t think a “Sorry about that” for “perceived failures,” plus vague promises of more money for sanitation, will quite make up for half a million cholera cases and over 7,000 deaths.

#nations_unies #minustah #santé

Haïti au temps du #choléra - par JEAN MÉTELLUS médecin haïtien, ANTOINE-FRITZ PIERRE médecin haïtien, DANIEL TALLEYRAND médecin haïtien
►http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012388034-haiti-au-temps-du-cholera

depuis que la #Minustah est installée en #Haïti, on aurait pu espérer qu’elle contribue de façon significative à l’amélioration de ces conditions. Or, c’est tout le contraire qui s’est produit. Par négligence, sans doute. Mais peut-être aussi par mépris envers les populations que cette force internationale devait protéger. Nous pensons que l’#ONU doit montrer au monde entier qu’elle croit à ce qu’elle dit et qu’elle sait s’appliquer à elle-même les idéaux prônés par sa charte quand elle commet involontairement des faux pas.

#santé #histoire