This week, there have been several days of protests in Haiti against the presence of United Nations troops in the country. The immediate catalyst has been the widespread belief among Haitians that UN troops are responsible for the outbreak of cholera in Haiti - a belief which is not proven, but a belief for which there is considerable evidence, and a belief which the UN has encouraged by its refusal to support an investigation into the causes of the cholera outbreak, ignoring calls from Haitian officials and international public health experts for such an investigation.
The cholera outbreak has killed more than 1,100 people, and the Pan-American Health Organization estimates that it may kill 10,000. Haitian protesters have been chanting: "MINUSTAH go home," MINUSTAH being the name of the UN force. Why do UN troops remain in Haiti? What are their plans for leaving? Is there a timetable for the withdrawal of UN forces from Haiti? If not, why not? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/un-troops-in-haiti---time_b_785981.html -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
