Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2015/84)

The eleventh report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti follows visits to Washington, D.C. and Haiti in April and May 2015. Five years after the earthquake, the Group observed continued recovery progress but flagged persistent challenges: long-overdue elections finally scheduled for August, October and December 2015, with an electoral budget of $74.02 million and a funding gap of about $30 million; the risk of large-scale deportations of Haitians from the Dominican Republic; the remaining 64,680 internally displaced people in camps; and a weak judiciary with severe prison overcrowding. Cholera cases had fallen 90 percent from their 2011 peak, but funding shortfalls had closed 91 of 250 treatment centers. Economic growth slowed from 4.3 percent in 2013 to 2.8 percent in 2014, while tourism arrivals rose 21 percent. The report reviews the MINUSTAH military drawdown, the revised United Nations Integrated Strategic Framework, the $401 million transitional appeal, and donor programs, and recommends stronger public financial management, land registration reform and sustained donor engagement.