UN, Haitian SRSG and donors call for paired security, development and funding response as Haiti crisis deepens

A joint Economic and Social Council–Peacebuilding Commission briefing on Haiti on Tuesday brought United Nations officials, the Haitian Special Representative of the Secretary‑General and donor representatives together to press for faster deployment, clearer funding and parallel peacebuilding efforts as violence and displacement increase.

Ambassador Ray, speaking at the ECOSOC–Peacebuilding Commission briefing, said the crisis in Haiti has deepened and that “without development, we have no security” and “we now have 1,300,000 who are officially labeled as internally displaced within Haiti.”

The briefing, which included Thomas Piste Jensen, Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Mission of Germany to the United Nations representing the Peacebuilding Commission chair, and Maria Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary‑General (SRSG) in Port‑au‑Prince, focused on how to pair security efforts with development, human rights and community programs. Jensen described the Peacebuilding Commission’s role and its Peacebuilding Fund as a “substantial instrument” that works with host countries on social cohesion, community violence reduction, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), governance and rule of law.

Salvador, joining from Port‑au‑Prince, said the crisis is “multifactorial” and urged the international community to…