Haiti

Some of the many affected by Gustav try to seek shelter

Haitians continue desperate struggle three months after successive storms – UN report

12 December 2008
Almost half of the families uprooted by what the United Nations emergency relief chief had called the “worst disaster in the last 100 years” to strike Haiti are still unable to return to their homes, a UN spokesperson told reporters today.
Peacekeepers in action

Haiti: UN launches Operation Blue Shield to protect crime-ridden urban centres

9 December 2008
Haitians beset by a staggering rise in acts of banditry, including kidnapping, are set to benefit from a new United Nations-backed urban security plan launched by the national police, including an increased presence and nighttime patrols.
New Haitian prison officer graduates on parade

Haiti: UN expert urges further progress to strengthen civil and political rights

29 November 2008
The independent United Nations expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti has urged the impoverished Caribbean nation to make further progress in ensuring civil and political rights for its citizens, especially with regard to improving its penal system.
Map of Haiti and Dominican Republic

Haiti: UN mission funds public works projects employing more than 2,000 people

26 November 2008
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is providing $250,000 to fund two construction projects in the Central Plateau region of Haiti, one of the poorest regions in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Haitian farmers clear land for planting

With seeds, water and ‘plastic’ UN helps Haiti offset hurricanes, food prices

17 November 2008
With a packet of seeds, a stream of water and a prepaid remittance card the United Nations is racing against the clock to help Haiti recover from the triple whammy of four successive hurricanes, soaring food prices and the impact of the global economic downturn.
Collapsed Grace Divine school in Canape Vert section of Port-au-Prince

UN blue helmets respond to second school collapse in Haiti in five days

12 November 2008
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today rushed an emergency response team to the site of a collapsed school in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, where eight people were injured and sent to hospital this morning.
UN peacekeeper holds the hand of a student buried under the rubble

Senior UN official expresses sadness for deaths in school collapse in Haiti

10 November 2008
The top United Nations humanitarian official today expressed his “heartfelt condolences” to those affected by the school building that collapsed in Haiti last week, as local authorities reported at least 89 people have died and 150 have been sent to hospital.
UN peacekeeper holds the hand of a student buried under the rubble

UN blue helmets continue rescue efforts one day after school collapses in Haiti

8 November 2008
More than 24 hours after a school building in Haiti collapsed on hundreds of children during class, United Nations peacekeepers were still trying to rescue survivors from the rubble.
MINUSTAH peacekeepers help in rescue effort after deadly school collapse

UN peacekeepers help in rescue effort after deadly school collapse in Haiti

7 November 2008
United Nations peacekeepers are helping rescue workers dig through the rubble of a school building in Haiti after it collapsed this morning, killing at least 11 children and severely injuring dozens more.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay with President René Préval of Haiti

UN rights chief calls on Haiti to strengthen fight against impunity

5 November 2008
The top United Nations human rights official has called for strengthening Haiti’s police and judicial systems, as well as for greater assistance for the victims of the series of hurricanes that ravaged the tiny Caribbean nation in recent months.