New York, 28 August 2026 As delivered Madam President, Excellencies, Building on the political and security developments outlined by the SRSG [Special Representative of the Secretary-General] Ruiz Massieu, allow me to focus on the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in Haiti – one of the most severe in the Western Hemisphere. Families are fleeing violence. Hunger is rising. Health services are crumbling. More than half of Haiti’s population – some 6.4 million people – are in need of humanitarian assistance. The latest attack on Kenscoff is yet another grim reminder, as the SRSG mentioned, of the suffering Haitians face every day: Dozens of people were killed, and more than 2,600 forced to flee their homes, many for the second or third time. Over 50 people were reportedly abducted. Families are still searching for missing relatives, while communities face widespread trauma, displacement and uncertainty about the fate of their loved ones. And violence is not the only threat. Haiti remains highly vulnerable to recurring climate shocks and other natural hazards. Hurricane Melissa brought death and destruction to Haiti last year, and now the country is facing another hurricane season. And recent seismic activity in the region is a stark reminder of Haiti’s vulnerability to earthquakes. Madam President, Nearly 1.5 million people – 12 per cent of Haiti’s population – are internally displaced. Half of them are children. Displacement doubled in just two years and conditions in many displacement sites are squalid. Sites are overcrowded and unsafe, without adequate water and sanitation facilities. Even as more people are displaced in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and Artibonite department, families are returning home in parts of the West and Centre departments – including to areas where conditions for safe, voluntary and sustainable returns have not yet been established. People must be able to return home safely and voluntarily. Meanwhile, deportations to Haiti contin
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