{"id":48425,"date":"2023-07-07T06:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T06:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/un-chief-urges-action-to-ease-suffering-of-haitian-people\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T06:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T06:56:09","slug":"un-chief-urges-action-to-ease-suffering-of-haitian-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/un-chief-urges-action-to-ease-suffering-of-haitian-people\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief urges action to ease suffering of Haitian people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The people of Haiti need action to address urgent humanitarian needs,&#8221; Guterres told reporters at the UN headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN chief, the UN humanitarian response plan, which requires 720 million U.S. dollars to help more than 3 million people in Haiti, is only 23 percent funded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I appeal to the world to extend a lifeline of support and fill that financial gap without delay,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres, who recently visited Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, described the situation in Haiti as &#8220;largely a forgotten crisis despite its severity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Haitian people are trapped in a living nightmare. Humanitarian conditions are beyond appalling,&#8221; he said, adding that brutal gangs have a stranglehold on the people of Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres called on UN Security Council members and relevant potential contributing countries to &#8220;act now&#8221; to create the conditions for the deployment of a multinational force to assist the Haitian National Police.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged all social and political actors in Haiti to accelerate their efforts toward a desperately needed political solution.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions are desperate, but solutions are possible in Haiti, Guterres said, underscoring the need to take simultaneous actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot forget the Haitian people. The world must step up,&#8221; he said.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57993\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/202307076557a84882da402ba7857d336f0ad34f_4dcbd59d-a352-4539-806d-e77019bde2b2.jpg\" alt=\"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters outside the Security Council Chamber at the UN headquarters in New York, on July 6, 2023. 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