UNICEF – Report of the field visit to the Dominican Republic and Haiti by members of the Executive Board

The field visit allowed the delegation to gain a first-hand understanding of UNICEF work at the country level and to view concrete examples of its cooperation with the host Governments and other partners, including the United Nations country team. Furthermore, the visit provided an opportunity for the members of the delegation to better understand the issues regarding children and women and the challenges they face in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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UNICEF Annual Report for Haiti

The 12 January 2010 earthquake represented an unprecedented “worst-case scenario” for Haiti: a sudden-onset “Category Three” emergency with high fatality rates, extensive geographic scope and severe magnitude, hitting the political and economic core of the already impoverished, post-crisis nation, exacerbating acute and structural gaps in national capacity.

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