The humanitarian crisis in Haiti has reached an alarming level, more than 6 million people in the country need help.
About this, the UN Sat Council at a special meeting on the situation in Haiti was informed by the special representative of the UN for Haiti Maria Isabelle Salvador.
She attracted attention to the fact that the escalation of the security crisis significantly influenced the UN operation.
According to Salvador, the UN decided to temporarily reduce its presence in the capital due to the suspension of flights to the capital of Porto-Prens and large-scale violence.
Meanwhile, the UN continues to provide vital assistance to the population of Haiti, said Maria Isabelle Salvador. “The UN still seeks to increase its presence when security conditions allow it, and constantly monitors the situation in terms of security in order to ensure the safety of staff and support the needing,” follows from the message.
More than 6 million people need help
The UN representative attracted attention to the fact that the humanitarian crisis in Haiti reached an alarming scale. “More than 6 million people, almost half of the country’s population, need humanitarian assistance,” said Salvador.
According to her, the number of internally displaced persons in the country also tripled and exceeded 1 million people, more than half of which are children.
Centers for temporarily residing persons are overpopulated and do not provide access to such basic services as clean water, sanitation and education, and the lack of food security affects 48 percent of the population, the special representative continued.
Maria Isabelle Salvador said that Haiti needs $ 908 million as part of a humanitarian aid plan for 2025, and urged donors to make generous contributions to facilitate suffering and support the country’s restoration efforts.
In 2024, more than 5,000 people died as a result of attacks by armed gangs on Haiti
Haiti is experiencing the most difficult political, economic and social crisis, aggravated by unprecedented violence by armed gangs. The country’s population with a total number of more than 11 million people is at risk of hunger.
The level of violence in a country where armed gangs control 80 percent of the capital is constantly growing.
Due to violence in the country, the former Prime Minister Ariel Henri resigned in April 2024, and the created temporary council appointed Harry Conille Prime Minister.
The Council appointed businessman Alix Didier Fis-emma Prime Minister instead of Konil, who was resigned on November 11th.