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Barbara PlettBarbara Plett reports for the reports for the BBCBBC
from cholera victimsfrom cholera victims
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In a terse statement
the spokesman for the UNSecretary General Ban Ki-Moon
said the damages claimwas 'not receivable'
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under a conventionunder a convention
that grants that grants
immunityimmunity
for its actions.for its actions.
United NationsUnited Nations
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Families of the victimsFamilies of the victims
are demandingare demanding
millions of dollars in millions of dollars in compensationcompensation
accusing the UN of introducing
the disease to Haiti.
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The UN has never admitted responsibility,
despite mounting evidence
that the epidemic was caused
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by poor sanitation
at a
peacekeeping camp.
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A lawyer for
the cholera victims
told the BBC that
UN immunity
could not mean impunity,
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and said the case would now
be pursued in a national court.
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The lawyer, Brian Concannon
said the victims' legal teamwould challenge
the UN's rightto immunity
from Haitian courts
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on the grounds that
it hadn't established
an alternative mechanism for dealing with
accountability issues,
as stipulated in its agreement with
the government.
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He also said lifting immunity
would not challenge UN policy,
which is protected by theconvention, but its practice
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such as how to test troops
for disease
and properly
dispose of sewage.
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There's evidence that infected
Nepalese peacekeepers caused
the epidemic by dumpinguntreated waste
into a key river system,
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but the UN insists
it's impossible
to pinpoint blame definitively.
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Late last year
it launched an initiative
to eliminate cholera
in Haiti by investing
in clean drinking water and sanitation systems,
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a move Mr Concannon said
he considered
an unofficial response
to the victims' claims.
Barbara Plett Barbara Plett reports reports
for thefor the BBCBBC22 February 201322 February 2013