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UN wants to shift $40m to Haiti cholera fund

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the proposal to the UN General Assembly to address a major shortfall in the $400 million needed to help Haiti recover from the epidemic.

Patients with cholera symptoms receive medical attention in a Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Randelle, Haiti, on October 19, 2016

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the proposal to the UN General Assembly to address a major shortfall in the $400 million needed to help Haiti recover from the epidemic.

Cholera was introduced by infected Nepalese UN peacekeepers who were sent to Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. More than 9,500 people have died of the disease.

The $40.5 million would be drawn from unspent funds from the UN peacekeeping mission's budget for 2015-2016 and would provide a major boost to the effort to help Haiti recover from the outbreak.

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Only seven countries have so far contributed to the fund - Chile, France, India, Liechtenstein, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Britain - for a total of $2.67 million.

Canada and Japan have separately granted $8.5 million to help Haiti.

Guterres intends to appoint a high-level envoy to develop a fundraising strategy that would draw contributions from countries but also from other sources.

The General Assembly will next month discuss the proposals to raise funds for Haiti.

Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon was forced to apologize to the Haitian people for the cholera outbreak, but the United Nations insists it is not liable for the damage.

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