Haiti

The Secretary-General has approved a request by Papua New Guinea to renew eligibility for the Peacebuilding Fund’s Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility until the end of 2030 to advance joint UN-Government efforts in the context of the Bougainville post-referendum peace process.

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports a sharp rise of violence in Abiemnom, in the Ruweng Administrative Area, where youth stormed the county headquarters, injuring at least 23 people. UNMISS is now sheltering over 1,000 civilians inside its base and giving emergency medical care to the injured.

The World Food Programme (WFP) warns its life-saving emergency food and nutrition assistance in Somalia, which is suffering from a national drought emergency, will stop by April without immediate funding; $95 million is urgently needed to continue supporting the most food-insecure people between March and August.

In Haiti, amid continued violence and mass displacement, recruitment and use of children by armed groups rose 200 per cent in 20025, according to a report published today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Children account for over half of the 1.4 million people internally displaced in the country.

In Madagascar, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that another cyclone is expected to make landfall tomorrow. This comes on the heels of Tropical Cyclone Fytia, which touched down on 31 January. The Central Emergency Response Fund has released $3 million to help pre-position staff and supplies.

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for one year to 31 January 2027.

The UN, its aid partners and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today launched the $1.4 billion Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan to help the country, which is suffering from one of the world’s most protracted and most neglected crises driven by conflict, displacement, climate shocks and epidemics.

While the new year carries “high expectations” for progress in Haiti, the Security Council heard today that achieving this requires sustained security efforts, focused international engagement and assumed political responsibilities.

The World Meteorological Organization today confirmed that 2025 was one of the three warmest years on record, with global average surface temperature at 1.44°C above the 1850-1900 average. Ocean temperatures were also among the highest on record, reflecting the long-term accumulation of heat within the climate system.

In Sudan, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights today called for an impartial, thorough and effective investigation into the April attack on the Zamzam internally displaced persons camp, citing a report that at least 1,013 civilians were killed from 11 to 13 April.