Haiti: UN envoy upholds critical role of elections amid rising gang violence

Oct 24, 2023, at 08:57 pm

The security situation continues to deteriorate in Haiti as gang violence grows, and elections are crucial for the sustainable rule of law, the UN Special Representative in the country, María Isabel Salvador, told the Security Council on Monday.

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session

Apr 05, 2023, at 09:32 pm

New York: The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday calling for the appointment of an independent rights expert on Haiti, amid mounting concern over deadly gang violence engulfing the country, threatening livelihoods, and pushing half the population into hunger.

Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections

Jun 18, 2021, at 04:03 pm

New York: Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a longstanding and damaging political impasse, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council today.

Security Council calls for dialogue in Haiti

Jan 10, 2020, at 09:53 am

New York/IBNS: The UN Security Council has stressed the need to resolve the ongoing political impasse in Haiti between President Jovenel Moïse and a surging opposition movement.

Haiti stands ‘at the crossroads’ between peacekeeping, development – Bachelet urges strengthened ‘human rights protection’

Apr 04, 2019, at 08:23 am

New York, Apr 4 (IBNS): With the end of the UN’s peacekeeping presence in Haiti in sight, the UN’s human rights chief told the Security Council on Wednesday that the country now stands “at the crossroads between peacekeeping and development”, urging all concerned parties to continue building on progress made, or “risk losing it” altogether.

Protests, violence in Haiti prompts international call for ‘realistic and lasting solutions’ to crisis

Feb 12, 2019, at 10:03 am

New York, Feb 12 (IBNS): Opposition-led protests in Haiti calling for the president to step down, which sparked violence last week, have prompted a group of senior diplomats, included the top UN official there, to issue a statement deploring the loss of life and calling for dialogue to end the crisis.