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UN Condemns Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti and Myanmar as Violence Intensifies

Strategic Insights

— 2 min read

The humanitarian crisis in Haiti is worsening due to ongoing violence and insecurity, with over 5.7 million people estimated to be food insecure, and only 38% of the population reachable by humanitarian aid efforts. In Myanmar, intensifying conflict has impeded humanitarian aid, with an estimated one in three people facing acute hunger. In Belarus, human rights experts have called for investigations into the deaths of opposition activists in custody.

Key Takeaways:

  • Over 5.7 million people in Haiti are estimated to be food insecure due to ongoing violence and insecurity.
  • Humanitarian aid efforts in Haiti have only reached 38% of the population they aim to support.
  • Myanmar's conflict has intensified, with reported airstrikes on civilians and infrastructure, including a monastery that provided shelter to displaced people.
  • An estimated one in three people in Myanmar face acute hunger, and the current monsoon season has caused flooding.
  • Human rights experts have called for investigations into the deaths of opposition activists in Belarusian custody, citing strong grounds to believe that they resulted from abuse or neglect.
  • The Belarusian government has been accused of stigmatizing opposition figures as "extremists" or "terrorists".
  • Speaking at the UN, Stephane Dujarric stated that "humanitarians have only been able to reach 38 per cent of the population they aim to support" in Haiti.
  • Belarus is the most underfunded of the many humanitarian appeals that the UN coordinates, with only 2% of the $425 million needed received to date.

Statistics:

  • 5.7 million people in Haiti are estimated to be food insecure.
  • 38% of the population in Haiti has been reached by humanitarian aid efforts.
  • 22 people were killed in an air strike on a monastery in Sagan Township, Myanmar, on July 11.
  • 50 others were injured in the air strike.
  • Almost four months after Myanmar's devastating earthquake, the UN is deeply concerned over the plight of civilians caught up in the country's conflict.
  • The conflict in Myanmar has resulted in increasing attacks on infrastructure and civilian deaths.
  • One in three people in Myanmar is facing acute hunger.
  • The current monsoon season in Myanmar has caused flooding.
  • In Belarus, 61-year-old businessman Valiantsin Shtermer died in May 2025 in prison, allegedly due to inadequate care and lack of medical attention.
  • 50-year-old opposition activist Vitold Ashurak died shortly after being placed in isolation in the same prison.

Sources:

  • The United Nations Humanitarian Response.
  • The United Nations News Centre.
  • The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
  • The Human Rights Council.

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