(2022-04) Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2022/52)

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) • 2022 • 17 pages

Summary — ECOSOC advisory group report covering July 2021 to March 2022, assessing Haiti after the assassination of President Moïse and the August 2021 earthquake and calling for inclusive dialogue, security restoration and reconstruction funding.

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Key Findings

The August 2021 earthquake killed 2,246 people, injured 12,763, damaged or destroyed 137,585 homes, 1,250 schools and 97 health facilities, with recovery costed at $1.978 billion and $600 million pledged at the February 2022 conference. More than 200 armed gangs operate in Haiti, 70 per cent of them in the Ouest department, and at least 655 kidnappings for ransom were reported between 27 September 2021 and 15 February 2022, against 234 the previous year. GDP contracted for a third consecutive year (1.7 per cent in 2019, 3.3 per cent in 2020, 1.8 per cent in 2021), the gourde slid from 71 to 101 per dollar and reserves fell 36 per cent to $458 million. Some 4.9 million people, 43 per cent of the population, need humanitarian assistance in 2022, and only 1.5 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Full Description

The eighteenth report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti covers activities from July 2021 to March 2022, a period marked by the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July 2021 and a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the southern peninsula on 14 August 2021 that killed 2,246 people, injured 12,763 and left some 650,000 in need of humanitarian assistance. The Group reviews the political impasse between election proponents and the Montana Group transition proposal, the expansion of armed gangs, more than 200 of which operate in the country, and a sharp rise in kidnappings. It documents a third consecutive year of economic contraction, currency depreciation and declining reserves, and welcomes the December 2021 fuel subsidy reform while calling for accompanying safety nets. The report presents the $1.978 billion Southern Peninsula Integrated Recovery Plan, the $600 million pledged at the February 2022 financing conference, and recommendations to the Government, the international community and the United Nations system.

Topics

Geography

Time Coverage

2021 — 2022

Keywords

E/2022/52, ECOSOC, Ad Hoc Advisory Group, Jovenel Moïse assassination, 2021 earthquake, Southern Peninsula Integrated Recovery Plan, gang violence, kidnapping, humanitarian response plan, BINUH, fuel subsidy reform, COVID-19, series:ecosoc-adhoc-haiti

Entities

Economic and Social Council; Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti; Jovenel Moïse; Ariel Henry; Bob Rae; Montana Group; BINUH; International Monetary Fund; World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; Caribbean Development Bank; Haitian National Police; International Organization for Migration; Peacebuilding Fund; Transparency International

Notes

UN document E/2022/52 via ReliefWeb; ayitistats wave B; ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group report series (full, per user)