Six months after a devastating earthquake the Government of Haiti is bringing the international community together to advocate for reconstruction and recovery.
On 13 January, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Anna Marttinen- Pont of Finland as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Equatorial Guinea, with the host Government’s approval.
Not all innovations are based on new technologies. Sometimes, they have to do with procedures or practices — that is, how people work together. That’s largely the case with a new method of responding to climate shocks and other humanitarian emergencies. Climate change is driving more extreme and frequent natural hazards, and that means that humanitarian need will only increase.
Disabled people in Haiti who have been driven from one temporary shelter to another as result of an earthquake, fire and mounting gang violence have been finally able to find a safe home, just ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities marked annually on 3 December.
The situation in Haiti is alarming, says the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Haiti, while access and humanitarian assistance to some 700,000 people are reduced to a minimum.
Hama Sorka, a 75-year-old fisherman from Saguia, Niamey, Niger, looks at the site where his house stood before being washed away by the floods that ravaged his neighbourhood in October 2020.
UN agencies deeply regret the sinking of a boat on October 11 in Acandí, Colombia, which was carrying about 30 people to Panama. In this tragedy, three people lost their lives and six others, including three minors, are missing, according to the Colombian authorities.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Jaap van Hierden of The Netherlands as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Micronesia, with the host Government’s approval. He will have additional responsibility for programme matters in Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Palau.
On 25 September, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Damien Mama of Benin as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Burundi, with the host Government’s approval.
