(2026-04) Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2026/59)
Summary — Report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti covering April 2025 to March 2026, documenting continued mass casualties and displacement, with 5.7 million people facing acute food insecurity, and setting out recommendations for coordinated international support to a Haitian-led recovery.
Key Findings
- Haiti's crisis remained severe across April 2025 to March 2026, with 5,519 people killed and thousands injured. Some 5.7 million people faced acute food insecurity, 1.9 million at emergency levels, and around 4.9 million needed emergency assistance, with over a million children affected. The humanitarian appeal remained severely underfunded. The Group, now 29 members, urged security embedded in a resourced long-term strategy and coordinated support behind a Haitian-led recovery.
Full Description
Submitted pursuant to ECOSOC resolution 2025/22, this report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti covers April 2025 to March 2026, based on meetings with national authorities, civil society, BINUH, the UN country team, regional organizations, and international financial institutions. Now composed of 29 member states, the Group documents the continued severity of Haiti's crisis, including 5,519 people killed and thousands injured, 5.7 million people facing acute food insecurity, 1.9 million of them at emergency levels, and around 4.9 million people needing emergency assistance, with over a million children affected. It reviews the political transition, the security response, and international engagement, and stresses that the humanitarian appeal remains severely underfunded. The Group reiterates that security measures must be embedded in a comprehensive, resourced long-term strategy addressing the structural drivers of the crisis, and calls for coordinated international support behind a Haitian-led and Haitian-owned recovery, with recommendations on security, governance, humanitarian response, and development financing.
Notes
UN document E/2026/59; recovered via UN documents system; FR source: https://undocs.org/fr/E/2026/59; ayitistats ECOSOC gap-fill