The UN Security Council is due to be briefed at the top of the hour on the overlapping crises which have beset Haiti in recent months, stemming from a political vacuum, economic turmoil and recurring extreme weather-related disasters which has left much of country at the mercy of heavily armed gangs. Ambassadors are due to hear from the Secretary-General's Special Representative María Isabel Salvador and UNICEF's Executive Director Catherine Russell. UN News app users can follow here .
Stay tuned for live updates from briefers, Council members and Member States on the current unfolding situation in the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation as well as dispatches from the ground by UN agencies providing assistance to millions of Haitians grappling with hunger and instability.
