UN chief visits Haiti, where a new international force will be deployed to help fight gangs
The visit comes as gangs have killed more than 2,300 people this year and the new force is set to replace the underfunded Kenyan-led mission.
- On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Haiti to show solidarity with victims of violence in the Caribbean nation, which has long suffered from political, economic, and security instability.
- Nearly 1.5 million people are currently displaced in Haiti, with more than five million facing severe food insecurity as gang-related violence claimed more than 5,500 lives between March 1, 2025, and January 15, 2026.
- UN rights chief Volker Turk reported at least 2,300 deaths, 1,100 injuries, and 99 kidnappings this year, calling the Gang Suppression Force "urgently needed" while urging authorities to tackle rampant impunity.
- Guterres will assess support for the Gang Suppression Force, which the Security Council approved to replace the under-equipped Multinational Mission, and meet with Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
- Elections have not occurred since 2016 due to poor security, while the secretary-general last traveled to Port-au-Prince in July 2023 amid ongoing political and security woes.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres acknowledges international failure in Haiti. Insight is correct. A comment.
Criticized the lack of support from developed countries in humanitarian financing and the anti-gang force
UN Secretary-General Guterres, during a visit to Haiti, acknowledged an international failure in the fight against gang violence in the country.
As a result of the escalating gang crime in the Caribbean state of Haiti, one in ten inhabitants are homeless. UN Secretary-General António Guterres reacts to the precarious situation with an unusual step.
With the UN's "less-funded" humanitarian program, Guterres criticized the "indifference of a world" that diverts attention from the world's third-largest humanitarian crisis, after Palestine and Sudan.
In Haiti, criminal gangs control most of the country, there is always violence. UN Secretary-General Guterres was now for a short visit to the Caribbean state and asked for an apology.
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