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Mister/Madam President, Distinguished members of the Council, 1. Thank you for this opportunity to update you on the latest political, security and human rights developments in Haiti, taking place amidst the alarmingly high levels of gang violence in the country. 2. The siege of Haiti’s main fuel…

Mister/Madam President, Distinguished members of the Council, 1. January is a bitter-sweet month for Haiti as celebrations of independence are accompanied by painful remembrance of the devastating earthquake, which, on 12 January 2010, ravaged the capital, killed hundreds of thousands and displaced…

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (6 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will conduct a two-day official mission to Haiti starting on Wednesday, 8 February, at the invitation of the Government. During the visit, the High Commissioner will meet senior Government officials, the…

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (10 February 2023) – Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, said a UN report* published today, creating “a living nightmare”…

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of women and girls across all walks of life, in all corners of the world. But we also recognize the enormous obstacles they face— from structural injustices, marginalization, and violence, to cascading crises that affect them first and…

Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, 1.I would like to thank you for this opportunity to address the Council for the first time since I took office this month as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti. It is also an honour to be in the presence of the…

The members of the Security Council were briefed on 26 April 2023 by the Director General of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Fathi Waly, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and new head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), María…

“[…] we have discussed, in particular, the situation in Haiti. Haiti is in a tragic, tragic situation. You have dramatic humanitarian needs. You have a political system that is paralyzed, and you have levels of violence by gangs that are absolutely appalling. The number of people killed, the number…

On May 16, the inter-ministerial human rights committee (CIDP) convened representatives of governmental, international, and local organizations working in the field of human rightsto come together and update the draft National Human Rights Action Plan.Under the auspices of the Prime Minister’s…

SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS OPEN SESSION Briefing by Ms. María Isabel Salvador Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of BINUH 6 July 2023 Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Tomorrow, 7 July marks the second anniversary of the assassination of…

Port-au-Prince, October 2, 2023 The Security Council just voted to approve the deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti. This is a positive and decisive step to bring peace and stability to the country. This decision comes after a requestby the Haitian government and echoed by…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to begin by stressing the enormous significance of the adoption of Resolution 2699 authorizing Member States to establish and deploy the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, which is crucial in…