Via Al Jazeera: Is the UN repackaging Haiti's cholera aid? This is a 25-minute video and by far the most detailed discussion I've seen on the issue. Highly recommended. Excerpt from the blurb:
Nearly 620,000 Haitians have been stricken by the cholera outbreak, with thousands of new cases reported following Hurricane Sandy last month.
There have been widespread protests in Haiti over the UN's role in the spread of the disease. In November last year, 15,000 Haitians banded together to file a complaint over the outbreak.
Rishi Rattan, the advocacy chair with Physicians for Haiti who briefs the UN on water infrastructure issues, told Al Jazeera: "In my work, behind the scenes at the UN, I've met many colleagues and allies that really want to work toward justice and accountability toward Haiti and its citizens but they have on many levels, I think at the secretariat, administrative and bureaucratic levels, been stymied in their efforts to be honest and work toward justice, and I think that's been frustrating for everybody."
So what should the UN do to help Haiti eradicate cholera?
Joining Inside Story Americas with presenter Shihab Rattansi for the discussion are guests: Jonathan Katz, a journalist who also wrote The Big Truck That Went By – a book about the failure of the international community to help Haiti; Brian Concannon, the director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; and Jean Yves Point-du-Jour, a Haitian radio host.
Al Jazeera's invitation to several UN agencies to join the panel was declined.
