"HAITI"

According to the UN, 339 million people will require humanitarian aid this year just to survive. Almost one third of these people live in countries subject to UN sanctions. UNIFEED

As a record-breaking 148,000 people have crossed the perilous Darien jungle in early 2023, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is increasing efforts to provide humanitarian assistance, protection, and information to people in transit, and supporting remote indigenous host communities, by scaling its presence at the borders with Colombia and Costa Rica, and in Panama City. IOM

In Kingston, Jamaica, the Secretary-General, António Guterres, met with Prime Minister Andrew Holness to discuss a wide range of issues, including the country’s leadership in efforts to reform the global financial architecture. UNIFEED

Armed violence has intensified the number of children in Haiti suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), also known as severe wasting, which has skyrocketed in the country by 30 percent compared to 2022, UNICEF has warned today. UNICEF

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday warned against a ‘never-ending cycle of violence’ in Haiti as gangs continue to inflict extreme cruelty on people, and vigilantes take the law into their own hands, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said. UNTV CH

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, told the Security Council that “full compliance with human rights is the best antidote to the inequalities, unaddressed grievances and exclusion which are often at the root of instability and conflict.” UNIFEED