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In this hand out picture taken Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, show Philip Alston, the U.N. rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visiting Kampung Numbak in Sabab, east of Malaysia. Alston said Malaysia's official poverty rate, which fell from 49 percent in 1970 to just 0.4 percent in 2016, was &quot;extremely artificial&quot; and doesn't reflect the cost of living and excluded vulnerable populations. (Bassam Khawaja via AP)

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FILE - In this July 26, 2018, file photo, a man paddles his boat through a flooded village after a dam in southeastern Laos collapsed, in the Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, Laos. A United Nations human rights expert is urging Laos to focus less on big, foreign-invested dam and railway contracts and devote more resources to helping its children and the poor. Philip Alston, the U.N. rapporteur on poverty, said Laos’ economy can only thrive if its leaders do a better job of educating and caring for all of its people.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

UN expert: Outlook grim for victims of Laos dam collapse

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2018, file photo, a man paddles his boat through a flooded village after a dam in southeastern Laos collapsed, in the Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, Laos. A United Nations human rights expert is urging Laos to focus less on big, foreign-invested dam and railway contracts and devote more resources to helping its children and the poor. Philip Alston, the U.N. rapporteur on poverty, said Laos’ economy can only thrive if its leaders do a better job of educating and caring for all of its people.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

UN rights envoy says Laos focus on big projects hurting poor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 24, 2016, file photo, Dr. Vanessa Rouzier examines a child suffering cholera symptoms, as his mother watches, inside Haiti's first permanent cholera center, run by Gheskio Centers, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The United Nations is saying for the first time on Thursday, Aug. 18, that it was involved in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and needs to do &quot;much more&quot; to end the suffering of those affected. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

Expert calls UN response to cholera in Haiti ‘a disgrace’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press