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One hundred and thirty three members of the 17th Philippine peacekeeping contingent stationed in Haiti since last October have left the country to their base. The Philippine Chief of Army Staff Gregorio Catapang Jr, personally has welcomed his men, consisting 8 officers and 125 enlisted personnel, in a simple ceremony held at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City, on the north of the City of Manila. Marineth Domingo, the Chief of Philippine Navy Public Affairs, has said that these 157 soldiers who were sent to Haiti in October 2013, had earlier faced situations of diverse armed conflicts over a period of a decade and a devastating earthquake in 2010. They went to Haiti as a part of U.N peacekeeping mission and served as evaluator on the effectiveness of security network (perimeter security forces) to the Force Headquarters of the UN Mission to Haiti. They have provided logistic, administrative, clerical and technical supports. Out of the 157 Filipino solders sent last year under United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) program, 24 have remained in Haiti to train a new batch of 157 Filipino soldiers composed of Navy and Marine personnel who left the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on September 22, aboard an UN chartered plane for Haiti. The new batch will provide perimeter security, clerical, administrative and logistical services and security to VIP personalities.

On March 2012, the United Nations had awarded "peacekeeping medals" to Philippine soldiers and police officers serving in Haiti in recognition of their dedication and sacrifice in defending the cause of peace.

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Here is a picture of the UN Peacekeeping Deputy Edmond Mulet as he blames Haiti Underdevelopment for Cholera's Spread.

It seems to me that Edmond Mulet forgets that the cholera in Haiti was triggered when sewage from infected peacekeepers from nepal was discharged into the water system.

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The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti has been occupying the island for the last 19 years. Two of its military partners, Brazil and Canada, are joining ranks to keep Haiti safe from insurrectionists.

Canada is adding an extra 34 military peacekeepers to its Operation Hamlet mission, who will be instructed in Brazil on military procedures and maneuvers.

Defense Staff Chief, Tom Lawson, says Canada's further commitment to Haiti's safety and security will help steady Haiti during its upcoming elections.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sandra Honore, native of Trinidad, as Envoy to Haiti. She is the director for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti that has occupied Haiti since 2004.

Honore began her career as an attaché in 1979. She served as a career diplomat for the Organization of American States and monitored the electoral process in Haiti in the nineties.

Honore is succeeding Mariano Fernandez, who wants to pursue an electoral office.

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A view of a Tanker Truck as it is dumping excrements taken from a nearby Nepalese U.N. base. Many believe that this sewage as traveled over 400 miles from nearby Nepalese base to contaminated the Artibonite river.

The Artibonite river is a major source of clean water most people in the region. They use the Artibonite river for fishing, washing, cooking and drinking. The picture is a courtesy of wehaitians.com

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This is a location in the region of Mirebalais in Haiti where MINUSTAH mission dumped sewage from a tanker truck. Some of the residents of the region accused the U.N. for the spread of cholera in Haiti. The picture is a courtesy of wehaitians.com

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Congresswoman Waters sent UN Secretary General, Ki-moon, a letter regarding UN's response to Haiti's cholera epidemic.

Congress is disappointed UN has spent only $23.5 million dollars of the $2.2 billion Hispaniola Initiative requirement.

Ki-moon claimed UN has provided $140 million-plus dollars for cholera victims. He says cholera cases have lowered 90%, with the death toll at 1%.

Ki-moon reminded Congress UN bears no responsibility for compensating victims. A clause protects them from reimbursement lawsuits.

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The president of Uruguay, Mr. Jose Mujica wants to give his apology to the people of Haiti. He apologized to Haitian President Michel Martelly over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan U.N. peacekeeping troops. President Jose Mujica said public outrage in Haiti has surged over a video shot by a video and circulating on the Internet that shows laughing Uruguayan marines pinning the young Haitian face down on a mattress and apparently assaulting him sexually. In the letter written to Michel Martelly, president of Uruguay, Mr. Jose Mujica, said: "We apologize for the abuse that some soldiers of my country perpetrated. Although the damage is irreparable, have the certainty that we will investigate thoroughly and apply the harshest sanctions against those responsible.
The Uruguayan government also released in the statement that they will provide compensation to the Haitian victim

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Stabilization Mission MINUSTAH Director Edmond Mulet stated following the 2010 Haiti election in general everything goes well, all is quiet.

Created on June 2004, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti also called MINUSTAH was created by the U.N. Security Council resolution 1542 with the responsibility to restore security in Haiti. This new United Nation force is also responsible to strengthen the Haitian institutions that have become very weak following a series of instability in Haitian government.
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, was severely affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Among close three hundred people who died in the quake, 96 of them were U.N peacekeepers. This was the biggest single loss of life in the history of UN peacekeeping

In the meantime, two-third of the candidates who participated in the election joined together to denounce the election, accusing the government of widespread fraud, including voter intimidation. Many voters took on the streets on the day of the election to demonstrate their dissatisfaction.

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Here is a picture of The new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti, Mr. Mariano Fernández. He will be the new head of the Minustah in Haiti, replacing Edmond Mulet who has been in the position since the 2010 Haiti earthquake. This new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti and head of the Minustah, Mr. Mariano Fernández, was born in Chile. He will be meeting with the new Haitian president, Michel Martelly, as well as some other high ranking officials of the Haitian government

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