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July 31, 2006
UN Panel Takes U.S. to Task Over Katrina
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"The United States must better protect poor people and African-Americans in natural disasters to avoid problems like those after Hurricane Katrina, a U.N. human rights panel said Friday.
The U.N. Human Rights Committee said poor and black Americans were "disadvantaged" after Katrina, and the U.S. should work harder to ensure that their rights "are fully taken into consideration in the reconstruction plans with regard to access to housing, education and health care." [More]
Posted by Dispatcher - July 31, 2006 09:38 AM - Human Rights
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