The United Nations has ‘moral responsibility’ to tackle Haiti cholera – Ban Ki-moon

“The international community has been struggling to overcome this global financial difficulty, and we have so many crises happening at the same time around the world,” said Ban. “That is one reason why we have not been able to effectively mobilize.”

In Haiti, Ban will meet with President Michel Martelly and lawmakers in the capital Port-au-Prince, as well as meet with leaders from the UN mission MINUSTAH, according to the UN chief’s office.

Haiti is also wrestling with political instability after the earthquake that killed between 200,000 and 250,000 people and displaced another 1.5 million from their homes. Legislative due for later this year elections had been delayed for three years as the country struggles to get back on its feet.

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