Haiti: UN Reinforces Humanitarian Response to Violence | News [Video]

On Tuesday, an official source said that the United Nations (UN) is reinforcing its humanitarian response in Haiti’s capital amid a “tense and volatile” situation that persists.

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In response to the crisis of violence and insecurity in Port-au-Prince, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has delivered more than 242,000 gallons of water since the beginning of March, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary General António Guterres, said during a briefing.

For its part, the World Food Program and its partners have provided nearly 146,000 hot meals since that date, while the World Health Organization (WHO) is providing medicines and medical equipment to the Université de Paix Hospital.

As part of these efforts, WHO and the Pan American Health Organization delivered a stock of anesthetic drugs to this institution and to the Eliazar Germain center, located in Pétion-ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination …