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DETROIT -
Today, Congressman John Conyers
Jr. (MI-13) and 76 Members of Congress sent a letter to UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, urging UN authorities to ensure that
victims of the cholera epidemic in Haiti have access to a fair and
impartial procedure for
adjudication of their claims.
Scientific
evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that the UN introduced cholera
to Haiti in October 2010 through improper waste disposal on a base
located on the banks of a tributary to the Artibonite River. To date,
more than 8,500 Haitians have died from the disease
and over 700,000 people have been infected, becoming the largest single-country cholera epidemic in the world.
In July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Haiti and acknowledged the UN’s “moral responsibility” to respond, but
no major actions have been taken with regard to the cholera crisis since that time.
“Haiti’s
cholera crisis has been a stain on the world’s conscience,” said Rep.
Conyers. “We are united in working to
ensure that the United Nations upholds its obligations to provide a
fair process to adjudicate claims by individuals harmed in the course of
its operations.”
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