PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dhu-AlQa'dah 17, 1437, Aug 20, 2016, SPA -- A U.N. acknowledgement that it played a role in introducing cholera to Haiti and vows to aid victims were welcomed Friday in the Caribbean nation, which has experienced the worst outbreak of the disease in recent history, AP reported. While the number of cholera cases has been significantly reduced from the initial outbreak in 2010, the fact that the preventable disease is still routinely sickening and killing Haitians is galling to many. This week, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq acknowledged the United Nations' "own involvement" in the introduction of cholera to impoverished Haiti and pledged that "a significantly new set of U.N. actions" will be presented in the next two months. On Friday, Haq added that "the United Nations has a moral responsibility to the victims." He said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is developing a package that would provide Haq reiterated that the world body's legal position on immunity has not changed. In a decision issued late Thursday, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld the United Nations' immunity from a high-profile claim filed on behalf of 5,000 cholera victims who blame the U.N. for the epidemic. Brian Concannon, executive director of the Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, said victims' advocates will be watching the U.N.'s actions closely. They have 90 days to decide whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. -- SPA 02:20 LOCAL TIME 23:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w