SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: UN to brief ambassadors on Haiti crisis

The UN Security Council is due to be briefed at the top of the hour on the overlapping crises which have beset Haiti in recent months, stemming from a political vacuum, economic turmoil and recurring extreme weather-related disasters which has left much of country at the mercy of heavily armed gangs. Ambassadors are due to hear from the Secretary-General's Special Representative María Isabel Salvador and UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell. UN News app users can follow here.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155991
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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: UN to brief ambassadors on Haiti crisis
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Haiti: UN envoy upholds critical role of elections amid rising gang violence

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

23 Oct 2023

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. 

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

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

23 Oct 2023

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. 

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MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system

03 Jan 2025

The UN Security Council is due to meet in emergency session at 10am in New York on the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was called by Algeria, the leading voice for the Arab world on the Council which has just taken the gavel as president for the month of January. The UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is due to brief ambassadors alongside High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. App users can follow here.