APOLOGIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY
GENERAL BAN KI-MOON TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI.
IT WAS IN THIS ROLE THAT SHE PLAYED BY THE WORLD BODY'S
DEADLY OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA IN HAITI.
HAITI CHOLERA-FREE ONCE BUT IN 2010 THE NEPALESE
PEACEKEEPERS BROUGHT THE DISEASE INTO THE COUNTRY.
SO FAR 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN HAITI FROM CHOLERA
OUTBREAK.
ACCORDING TO BAN, HE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT RAW UN PREVENTED THE
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
"ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED NATIONS, I WANT TO SAY VERY
CLEARLY THAT WE APOLOGIZE TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE," SAID BAN.
"WE SIMPLY DID NOT DO ENOUGH WITH REGARD TO THE CHOLERA
OUTBREAK AND ITS SPREAD IN HAITI. WE ARE PROFOUNDLY SORRY FOR MY ROLE."
HE ADDED THAT BEING BLAMED LEAKED SEWAGE PIPE UN BASE IN THE
CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI.
INITIALLY DENIED A UNITED NATIONS ROLE IN THIS OUTBREAK BUT
IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR WILL ALSO ADMIT THEY HAVE A ROLE IN SPREADING THE DISEASE.
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