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STORY: UN / HAITI SITUATION UPDATE
TRT: 2:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1 AUGUST 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
1 AUGUST 2025, NEW YORK CITY
3. Wide shot, press briefing room
4. Med shot, reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Earlier today, our colleagues in Haiti published their quarterly report on the human rights situation in the country. And as you can imagine, the situation remains extremely worrying. Between April and June, at least 1,520 people were killed and 609 injured in armed violence, primarily in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, followed by the Artibonite and Centre departments. Our human rights colleagues also report at least 185 kidnappings and 628 victims of sexual violence, during the same period.”
6. Med shot, reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The report says that criminal groups have expanded and intensified their attacks outside of Port-au-Prince, particularly in the Centre department and Bas Artibonite. Abuses by criminal groups accounted for more than 24 per cent of the people killed or injured during the reporting period. Gang members continued to resort to murders, gang rapes, and kidnappings to maintain their control over populations living in areas under their influence. Cases of sexual slavery, sexual exploitation, and child trafficking and exploitation were also documented. A majority of the deaths and injuries documented happened during operations by security forces against criminal groups. More than a third were the result of strikes using explosive drones.”
8. Med shot, reporters
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“And adding to the human rights report, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is telling us that in the Artibonite and Centre department, data from the International Organization for Migration indicates that more than 45,000 people have been displaced since June. Fifty-five per cent of them are women. In total, nearly 240,000 people are now displaced in those two departments, as the humanitarian response remains critically underfunded.”
10. Med shot, reporters
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Despite this, UNFPA and its partners continue to deliver aid, with more than 12,600 people having received sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services in the country in the past two months. OCHA urges immediate support to sustain and expand our overall response to protect the most vulnerable.”
12. Wide shot, presser
The Human Rights situation in Haiti remains “extremely worrying,” a UN spokesperson said.
Briefing reporters today (1 Aug) in New York, Farhan Haq told reporters that between April and June, at least 1,520 people were killed and 609 injured in armed violence, primarily in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, followed by the Artibonite and Centre departments.
He added, “Our human rights colleagues also report at least 185 kidnappings and 628 victims of sexual violence, during the same period.”
The report called on the Haitian government, with the support of the international community, to strengthen the fight against gangs, while strictly respecting human rights and standards on the use of force.
Haq also said, “We join our colleagues to urge the international community to support the full deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission and to intensify the fight against arms trafficking. “
On the Humanitarian front, the UN spokesperson said that according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in the Artibonite and Centre department, data from the International Organization for Migration (OIM) indicated that more than 45,000 people had been displaced since June. “Fifty-five per cent of them are women,” Haq noted.
He added that in total, nearly 240,000 people were now displaced in those two departments, as the humanitarian response remained critically underfunded.
The UN spokesperson also said, “Despite this, UNFPA and its partners continue to deliver aid, with more than 12,600 people having received sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services in the country in the past two months.”
OCHA urged immediate support to sustain and expand the overall response to protect the most vulnerable.
