Subscribers Only From Geneva, an urgent appeal for Haiti by the UN human rights chief | From Geneva, an urgent appeal for Haiti by the UN human rights chief |
Humanitarian aid at the nexus between development, rights, security, and emergency The collapse of Haiti—a country that has received billions of dollars for over a decade—is the cautionary tale of an overall system that is overstretched, inadequately funded in terms of prevention, and limited in capacity to respond in a timely manner.
Subscribers Only Sexual Violence in Port-au-Prince: A Weapon Used by Gangs to Instill Fear This report, jointly published by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), shows how armed gangs have used rape to instill fear, punish, subjugate, and inflict pain on local populations.
#115 The G|O Briefing, October 27, 2022 Negotiating with the devil | The tale of an unofficial Swiss early private peace initiative | Give peace a chance
Humanitarian aid at the nexus between development, human rights, security, and emergency relief The UN has already warned that the need for humanitarian aid would skyrocket worldwide and would reach an all-time, as the pandemic, climate change, and conflict could push millions of people into poverty and famine.
#114 The G|O Briefing, October 20, 2022 "Ukraine and the West will never defeat Russia," Russian Ambassador in Geneva says | The UN reviews its humanitarian strategy
Haiti's near collapse exposes the fragility and collective failure of the humanitarian response “It is tragic that the UN has engaged in Haiti so often but is still trying to sort out many of the same problems with law and order that it first addressed in the 1990s”
#113 The G|O Briefing, October 13, 2022 GESDA: SCIENCE AT THE MULTILATERAL TABLE | HAITI 'S TOTAL COLLAPSE | LATEST ADDITION TO UN GVA CAMPUS STILL PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS | MUSICAL CHAIRS