Haiti

The Central Emergency Response Fund has released $4 million to scale up the response to Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, providing food, health, water, shelter, logistics and sanitation and hygiene support. More members of a UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination team arrived in Jamaica today.

On the heels of decisions to transition the Multinational Security Support Mission to the Gang Suppression Force and renew the sanctions regime concerning Haiti, the Security Council heard today that improving the security situation there is necessary to advance a political transition process that envisions a transfer of authority to elected officials in February 2026.

In Haiti, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns of a resurgence of cholera in the Ouest Department over the past month. Since 8 September, health authorities have reported new cases in the commune of Pétion-Ville, following 11 weeks with no cases confirmed in the country.

The Security Council today decided that the sanctions regime on Haiti will be renewed for one year and that its travel-ban, asset-freeze and arms-embargo measures will also apply to individuals and entities engaging in activities that destabilize the country through the illicit exploitation or trade of natural resources.

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he met with both the Saudi and Emirati Ambassadors to Yemen, as well as ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council. Discussions focused on the detention by Ansar Allah of UN colleagues, those from diplomatic missions and NGO personnel.

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned that women, children and displaced families are hardest hit by Haiti’s prolonged crisis, which is driving hunger and malnutrition. A record of 5.7 million people - 51 per cent of the population - are experiencing acute levels of hunger, a 3 per cent increase from last year.

In Ukraine, several civilians have been killed and injured over the past three days, with most casualties recorded in the Kherson, Sumy, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, according to local authorities. Meanwhile, power plants and oil depots were damaged during attacks in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Donesk regions.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Nicole Flora Boni Kouassi of Côte d'Ivoire as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and Resident Coordinator in Haiti. Ms. Boni Kouassi will also serve as Humanitarian Coordinator.

The World Food Programme (WFP) today reported that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls have forced the agency to reduce the number of people it supports by over two thirds to just 350,000 in November, down from 1.1 million in August.

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that rising violence by gangs in Haiti’s capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger as extreme funding shortfalls force WFP to slash rations and suspend programmes.