(2012-07) Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2012/87)

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) • 2012 • 17 pages

Summary — ECOSOC advisory group report two years after the 2010 earthquake, tracking slow disbursement of the $6.5 billion pledged for recovery, 390,000 people still in camps, and progress on rule of law institutions and the national police.

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Key Findings

By April 2012 donors had disbursed 45 per cent ($2.48 billion) of the $6.5 billion pledged at the March 2010 conference, plus $760.5 million through other channels, but two thirds of these funds were disbursed in 2010 and very little in early 2012. Only 16.4 per cent of recovery funding was disbursed through government systems and budget support totalled $299.2 million, 9.2 per cent of the total. As at July 2012, 390,000 people still lived under tents, 3.8 million (38 per cent) faced food insecurity, and the $128 million humanitarian appeal was 37 per cent funded. The Ouanaminthe free-trade zone employed 6,500 textile workers and the Caracol park under construction had capacity for 15,000 jobs, while the national police development plan targeted 15,000 officers by 2016 through 1,200 recruits per year.

Full Description

The eighth report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti follows the Group's May 2012 visit, held a week after Parliament ratified the Government of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. It records that donors had disbursed 45 per cent, or $2.48 billion, of the $6.5 billion pledged at the March 2010 New York conference by April 2012, with disbursements slowing sharply, and that only 16.4 per cent of recovery funding used government systems. Humanitarian concerns persisted: 390,000 people still lived under tents, 38 per cent of the population faced food insecurity, and the 2012 appeal was only 37 per cent funded. The Group reviews the end of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission and the new aid coordination architecture, the strategic plan to make Haiti an emerging country by 2030, industrial parks including Ouanaminthe and Caracol, gains for women's political representation, and rule of law developments including the published constitutional amendments and the national police plan targeting 15,000 officers by 2016. Recommendations address donors, the United Nations system and the Haitian authorities.

Topics

Geography

Time Coverage

2011 — 2012

Keywords

E/2012/87, ECOSOC, Ad Hoc Advisory Group, earthquake recovery pledges, Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission, aid coordination, budget support, displaced persons camps, Caracol industrial park, Ouanaminthe, rule of law, constitutional amendments, Haitian National Police, series:ecosoc-adhoc-haiti

Entities

Economic and Social Council; Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti; Michel Martelly; Laurent Lamothe; Garry Conille; Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie; Josepha Raymond Gauthier; Wilson Laleau; Mariano Fernández; Nigel Fisher; MINUSTAH; Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission; Haiti Reconstruction Fund; World Food Programme; UNDP; Haitian National Police; CODEVI; Louis Kebreau

Notes

UN document E/2012/87 via ReliefWeb; ayitistats wave B; ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group report series (full, per user)