UN chief heads to Haiti as displacement reaches record levels, electoral challenges mount

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during a press conference in Port-au-Prince on July 1, 2023. Guterres heads to Haiti again next week. RICHARD PIERRIN AFP via Getty Images

By Jacqueline Charles

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Haiti next week to assess first hand the impact of the country’s ongoing gang violence and the international community’s response.

The one-day visit on Tuesday, June 16, will be Guterres’s second trip to the volatile Caribbean country following his first visit in July 2023. His trip comes amid a recent escalation in violence by armed groups in metropolitan Port-au-Prince and the neighboring Artibonite region, and continued pleas by the U.N. for member nations to support the response to the rapid increase in humanitarian needs.

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