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Medrano

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2009-04-06
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2009-04-06
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  1. “We strongly feel and hope not only that these measures will reduce the risk of further civil unrest, but that they will also represent the best investment for the future of the country. There is no doubt that, while the security situation in Haiti has improved since the Mission's initial deployment in 2004, Haitian people need more tangible improvements in their daily lives. A poor, hungry and desperate population is simply not compatible with stability.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  2. “The World Food Programme is committed to the socio-economic stabilization and development of Haiti, within the framework of the poverty reduction strategy paper, the post-disaster needs assessment and the plan that the Government of Haiti will present at the Washington conference. The World Food Programme, like other United Nations agencies and donors, advocates strongly for a strategy that focuses on ensuring access to jobs and to basic social services in health, nutrition, food and education for the poorest population strata, while creating infrastructure, incomes, food security and environmental sustainability. This strategy is based on a firm engagement to support governance and leadership by the Haitian authorities of the critical socio-economic development process they are engaged in.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  3. “We regard these as safety net measures, which improve nutritional and health status while enhancing access to education and providing livelihood protection for the most vulnerable. I think that it is very important to highlight the fact that, in order to foster livelihood opportunities in rural areas, the World Food Programme is determined to work with partners to address the many challenges currently limiting the possibility of purchasing the food that is needed for its programmes from local Haitian small farmers. The upcoming Haiti summit to be held in Washington, D.C., represents a major opportunity to forge a new paradigm in terms of economic and social security.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  4. “The impact of this downturn in remittances is likely to offset the current decrease in imported food prices, with serious implications for household vulnerability, poverty and hunger. In 2008, in response to high food prices, natural disasters and extreme poverty, the World Food Programme raised over $100 million to ensure food assistance for more than 2.5 million people in Haiti. As of now, the number has risen to 2.8 million, who face continued malnutrition and threats to their livelihoods as they remain cut off from roads, markets and access to basic services. The World Food Programme is restoring key community assets and infrastructure in both rural and urban populations by providing protective nutrition and social and educational interventions for women, children and the most food-insecure.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  5. “As the Council is well aware, approximately 70 per cent of the population has no access to basic health services or sanitary facilities. Half of the population has no access to potable water. Before the most recent series of hurricanes, agricultural production met only 30 to 50 per cent of needs, with most farmers producing enough food for only six to eight months of the year. The global financial crisis brings the risk of further deterioration due to a decrease in remittances. Recent reports indicate that remittances to Haiti began dropping in January 2009 and that they have now dropped by 10 per cent compared to last year. They also indicate that, on average, 77 per cent of remittances are spent on the basic daily expenses of food, housing, utilities, clothing and medicine.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  6. “Mr. Medrano: On behalf of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Josette Sheeran, I would like to start by expressing our sincere gratitude to the Security Council for inviting the World Food Programme to share its views on the challenges and opportunities that the current situation in Haiti is posing to the United Nations family and the international community. The WFP is convinced that the current levels of poverty, deprivation and suffering, as described in the recent report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2009/ 129), are clearly incompatible with the goal of long-term stability. Even without further adverse weather threats, the current state of health and sanitation infrastructure and the continued food insecurity represent tremendous challenges.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source