Ulrika Richardson (Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator) on the situation in Haiti - Press Conference

Ms. Ulrika Richardson, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, briefed virtually on the current situation in the country. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General hosts this virtual Press Conference.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:23:19
• Production Date: 21 March 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ULRIKA RICHARDSON; FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE IN HAITI - BINUH
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; FOOD SHORTAGE; MALNUTRITION; HUNGER; ARMED GROUPS; ARMED INCIDENTS; RULE OF LAW; INTERIM GOVERNMENTS; VIOLENCE; POLITICAL CRISIS; HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS; HEALTH CARE; HAITI SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: HAITI; CARIBBEAN SEA
• MAMS Id: 3188118
• Parent Id: 3187602

Description

The situation in the gang-ravaged capital of Haiti has gone from worrying to “extremely alarming” as conditions in Port-au-Prince continue to worsen amid growing hunger and serious shortages in hospitals to treat gunshot victims, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator there on Thursday. “It’s important we don’t let the violence spill over from the capital into the country,” said Ulrika Richardson, briefing journalists at UN Headquarters via videolink from Haiti. She said orchestrated gang attacks on prisons, ports, hospitals and the palace have unfolded over the past weeks, but in the past few days these heavily armed groups have been advancing into new areas of the capital. “There is human suffering at an alarming scale,” she said, describing daily tension, sounds of gunshots and fear rising throughout the capital. 

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