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Urban areas are ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 90 per cent of reported cases. Cities are bearing the brunt of the crisis – many with strained health systems, inadequate water and sanitation services, and other…
Security Council Session on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) 19 June 2020 Statement of Special Representative Helen La Lime Madame la Présidente, distingués membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie de m’avoir…
Port-au-Prince, February 1, 2020 - The Core Group (composed of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Spain, and the…
A recent report on the children fathered by U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti is deeply disturbing. So let us be clear: Sexual exploitation and abuse by U.N. personnel is unacceptable, and we are fully committed to the secretary…
More than 200,000 Haitians who perished in the devastating earthquake which struck the island nation ten years ago, were honoured in a solemn ceremony of remembrance at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, along with 102…
- Human rights
This year, on Human Rights Day, we celebrate the role of young people in bringing human rights to life. Globally, young people are marching, organizing, and speaking out: For the right to a healthy environment… For the equal…
The United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, 1945. A facsimile copy of the Charter is superimposed on the photo. UN Photo.
United Nations Day highlights the enduring ideals of the Charter, which entered into force on this date 74 years ago. Amid stormy global seas, the Charter remains our shared moral anchor. At this time of turbo-charged change…
As the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti came to an end on 15 October, the Secretary-General reaffirms the continuous commitment of the United Nations to support the Haitian people on their path to peace and…
The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti ( Bureau Intégré des Nations Unies en Haïti, BINUH), started operations today, under Chapter VI of the UN Charter. BINUH will work in an advisory capacity with Haitian authorities…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Helen Meagher La Lime of the United States as his Special Representative for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti…
From March 13th to April 24th 2019, 30 young people from underprivileged areas followed a training in electronic repair at the Sûrtab Académie in Haiti. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2019
- Security
From March 13th to April 24th 2019, 30 young people have been commuting 3 times a week from the underprivileged neighborhoods of Martissant and La Saline, in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), to the premises of the “made in Haiti”…
On June 25th 2019, the Security Council approved a resolution to create the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (Bureau intégré des Nations Unies en Haïti, BINUH). UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
The Security Council on Monday approved a resolution to create a UN “Integrated Office” in Haiti, designed to support the country’s government in strengthening political stability and good governance. The Office, named BINUH…