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Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations

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Rioters and troops have clashed in Haiti amid accusations that Nepalese soldiers working for the UN mission there are responsible for the recent cholera outbreak. In this interview with Marc Perelman, Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations, strenuously rejects allegations that UN troops brought the killer-disease to the country.

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UN says NONE of the soldiers were tested for cholera

by Anonyme - 09/12/2010 - 19:22

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/29/world/main7005281.shtml (excerpt)

None of the Nepalese soldiers based there have been tested for cholera because none presented symptoms, mission spokesman Vincenzo Pugliese said Friday. He said media reports published elsewhere saying that all soldiers had tested negative for the disease were incorrect.

"By none of them presenting the symptom of the cholera there was no need to do another test," Pugliese told AP. "It's not the same as saying they were all tested negative because none of them had to be tested." The soldiers have not been tested for cholera since the outbreak, he said.

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