Haiti and Chile Earthquakes

UN Sets up Human Rights Group to Look into Situation of Haiti’s Disabled

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 March 2010 – A working group comprising United Nations experts has been created to look into the situation of Haitians with disabilities, who have been disproportionately affected by January’s catastrophic earthquake.

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Today’s announcement comes after a group of UN human rights experts last month appealed for the needs of the disabled in Haiti to be included in the relief, recovery and reconstruction processes following the magnitude-7.0 earthquake.

The 12 January quake killed…

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