UN chief visits Haiti, where a new international force will be deployed to help fight gangs
The UN chief said 1.5 million people are displaced as he reviews a force that will replace the underfunded Kenya-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 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.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has exchanged gang violence with those affected in Haiti, apologizing for the lack of international aid.
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