"UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE IN HAITI - BINUH"

Political crisis, shrinking civic space compounding dire Economic, humanitarian situation in Haiti, Special Representative tells Security Council.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that efforts to unseat President Moïse, as well as actions taken by the Executive in reacting to an alleged coup attempt, and the announcement by a senior judge of his appointment as Haiti’s interim Head of State, “have further hardened the positions of the principal actors in the political crisis that has for too long affected the lives of the Haitian population.” UNIFEED

Security Council extends mandate of year-old special political mission in Haiti without changes for another 12 months, adopting resolution 2547 (2020).

Ability to resolve differences without resorting to violence key to haiti’s socioeconomic future, top official tells Security Council.

The United Nations top official in Haiti told the Security Council that the country is once again struggling with instability and said, “the widespread perception of impunity” can only be countered “by ensuring that the rights of victims of human rights violations and abuses are upheld and that perpetrators are held to account.” UNIFEED

Haiti’s stability in peril without strong response to COVID-19, legal expert tells Security Council.

Virtual stakeout by Anne Gueguen, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, and President of the Security Council for the month of June, on the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).

UN Special Representative for Haiti Helen La Lime said the COVID-19 pandemic was worsening the already dire economic and humanitarian situation in the country. She added, "In the absence of adequate resources to support Haiti's emergence from the recession in which it has plunged, the hard-won security and development gains achieved over the course of the past decade and a half risk coming undone.” UNIFEED

A humanitarian response plan for Haiti for the year 2020 was launched today in New York as “the situation in Haiti has seriously deteriorated with a very serious political crisis, combined with socio-economic crisis” in 2019, according to Resident Humanitarian Coordinator Bruno Lemarquis. UNIFEED

Breaking political deadlock key to ending Haiti’s paralysis as economic, insecurity woes bite, Special Representative tells Security Council.