Defines A Panel to investigate the origins of the outbreak of cholera in Haiti (earthtimes)

Posted: Fri, December 17, 2010 16: 50: 34 GMTNew York - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided Friday to put in place an international expert Committee to investigate the source of the outbreak of cholera in Haiti. Ban said the Panel will be completely independent and have access to the UN peace mission and personnel in Haiti in its investigation. Haitian, last month took violent protests against staff of the United Nations, stating that they may be responsible for the outbreak by the illness of their country of origin. But tests by epidemiologists, microbiologists in response to riots has failed to back up the charge against the United Nations. Said prohibition, however, that the concern that cholera was imported was legitimate and decided to form the Panel. He gave no details on the schedule of work of the Commission or its members. "The best answer may be provided only by science," said the ban. Cholera epidemic has killed more than 2,000 Haitian and infected thousands of others across the country to the beleaguered, struck in January by a devastating earthquake and spread disease and deadly earthquake currently. Department of the United Nations at the headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping said this week that it had been discussed the survey with the World Health Organization in Geneva, which has the staff and the means to make the scientific decision on cholera in Haiti.
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