Ministerial meeting of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, New York, 24 September 2026: Chair's summary

The summary, three pages in French, records statements by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, the Haitian ministers of foreign affairs and defense, Canada's Secretary of State for International Development, the Council President, the Deputy Secretary-General and the head of BINUH. The Prime Minister described a move from aid dependence to investment-led growth.

Participants asked for an inclusive process toward free and credible elections, expressed concern about gang violence, kidnappings and extortion, and asked the Security Council to renew the Gang Suppression Force mandate and deploy its 5,500 members. They called for urgent funding of the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, noting 6.4 million people in need, including 1.5 million displaced.

They welcomed the new Haiti Peace Dividend multi-partner trust fund, continued engagement by the IMF (staff-monitored program), the World Bank (Country Partnership Framework) and the IDB (medium-term recovery and development plan), and Haiti's intention to present its first voluntary national review in 2027.