(2026-01) United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti - Report of the Secretary-General (S/2026/31)

United Nations • 2026 • 27 pages

Summary — Secretary-General's report to the Security Council on BINUH covering late 2025, reviewing the electoral decree and August 2026 election calendar, intensifying gang violence, police strengthening, justice developments and prison overcrowding.

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Key Findings

The electoral calendar published on 23 December 2025 sets first-round presidential and legislative elections for 30 August 2026 and a second round with local elections for 6 December 2026, one year later than the deadline in the March 2024 governance arrangements. BINUH recorded 1,991 intentional homicide victims between 1 September and 30 November 2025 and more than 8,100 killings nationwide from January to November, with homicides in Artibonite and Centre rising to 1,916 from 1,050 a year earlier. OHCHR data indicate drone strikes by a private military contractor killed at least 973 people between 1 March and 30 December 2025. Prisons held 7,447 people at 306 percent average occupancy, with 82 percent in prolonged pretrial detention.

Full Description

This report, submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2785 (2025), covers developments in Haiti since October 2025 under the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). National authorities adopted an electoral decree on 1 December 2025 and published a calendar setting first-round presidential and legislative elections for 30 August 2026, with a second round and local elections on 6 December 2026, while stakeholders debated governance arrangements beyond the 7 February 2026 end of the Transitional Presidential Council's mandate. Gang violence intensified in and beyond Port-au-Prince: BINUH recorded 1,991 intentional homicide victims between 1 September and 30 November, more than 8,100 killings nationwide from January to November 2025, and sharp increases in Artibonite and Centre. The report details anti-gang operations involving the Gang Suppression Force and a private military contractor, drone strike casualties documented by OHCHR, Haitian National Police recruitment and the 2026-2030 strategic development plan, limited progress on high-profile justice cases, and severe prison overcrowding at 306 percent average occupancy with 82 percent of detainees in pretrial detention.

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Time Coverage

2025-10 — 2026-01

Keywords

S/2026/31, BINUH, Security Council, electoral calendar, Transitional Presidential Council, gang violence, Gang Suppression Force, Haitian National Police, pretrial detention, homicides, elections 2026, drone strikes

Entities

United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Security Council, Transitional Presidential Council, Laurent Saint-Cyr, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, Provisional Electoral Council, Haitian National Police, Gang Suppression Force, OHCHR, UNDP, UNODC, Organization of American States, Albert R. Ramdin, Fanmi Lavalas, Pitit Dessalines, Viv Ansanm

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