OCHA, UNICEF and ECHO on the humanitarian challenges Haiti is facing - Press Briefing

Virtual press briefing by Edem Wosornu, OCHA's Director of Operations and Advocacy, together with Lucia Elmi, UNICEF's Director of Emergency Programmes, and Andrea Koulaimah, Director for Latin American and the Caribbean for the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). They brief reporters from Port-au-Prince, Haiti on the humanitarian challenges the country is facing.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:21:23
• Production Date: 12 July 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: EDEM WOSORNU
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HAITI SITUATION; SPECIAL MISSIONS; SPECIAL ENVOYS AND REPRESENTATIVES; RIGHT TO PEACE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; PEACEBUILDING; PEACEKEEPERS; CONFLICT SITUATION; ARMED CONFLICTS; ARMED GROUPS; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS; POLITICAL CRISIS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: HAITI; CARIBBEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA
• MAMS Id: 3235718
• Parent Id: 3235386

Description

OCHA says the people of Haiti continue to pay a heavy price for the widespread violence that has ravaged the country.

Speaking from Port-au-Prince at the conclusion of a four-day visit to the capital and other parts of Haiti, OCHA’s Operations and Advocacy Director, Edem Wosornu, said the country has been “rocked by one disaster after the next.” She briefed journalists at UN Headquarters remotely, alongside officials from UNICEF and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO).

During their joint visit, the aid officials saw firsthand how Haitians are coping with the crisis, including farmers, women entrepreneurs, and children who are out of school. Wosornu called on the international community to stand with Haitians, saying people there told her they want peace and an end to the violence so that they can reclaim their lives.