UNODC resources on the situation in Haiti

Find information from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the situation in Haiti below.

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Haiti’s criminal markets: mapping trends in firearms and drug trafficking

This March 2023 report finds that firearms and drug trafficking are feeding Haiti’s cascading security crises. Read the press release and the report.

Security Council quarterly reports

In Security Council resolution 2692 (2023), UNODC was requested to provide information sources and routes of illicit arms and financial flows in Haiti and on relevant UN activities and recommendations. Find the quarterly reports below.

S/2024/752: October 2024 report
S/2024/554: July 2024 report
S/2024/320: April 2024 report
S/2024/79: January 2024 report
S/2023/780: October 2023 report

Video interview (from UN News)

Web stories

6 April 2024: Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’.
Read in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Kiswahili (from UN News).

Executive Director Ghada Waly’s speeches on Haiti

April 2024: UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Haiti
January 2024: UN Security Council Meeting on the situation in Haiti
October 2023: UN Security Council Briefing on Haiti
April 2023: UN Security Council Briefing on Haiti
September 2022: UN Security Council Briefing on Haiti

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