Via Nepalnews.com: Nepali peacekeeping unit not behind Haitian cholera outbreak: UN. Excerpt:
The United Nations has denied allegations that the Haitian cholera started from effluent coming from the base of Nepali peacekeeping troops stationed there.
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky during a press statement Thursday denied that the Nepali troop's base in Mirebalais was responsible for the spread of the deadly disease, which has claimed nearly 300 lives and infected over 4000 others.
Citing a report released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Nesirky said the samples collected from the Nepalese troops' base showed negative result.
Earlier too, the UN had denied the allegation. In a statement on Tuesday, UN said, "The Nepalese unit there uses seven sealed septic tanks built to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, emptied every week by a private company to a landfill site a safe 820 feet (250 meters) from the river."
Meanwhile, Associated Press (AP) said its correspondent who visited the site unannounced was witness to the flow of effluent from the peacekeeping base into the source of a River.
