UN Daily Press Briefing: Haiti Crisis, Sudan Peace Efforts, Gaza Aid & Global Temperatures (January 14, 2026)

UN Secretary-General's Engagements

• 🌍 The Secretary-General is set to address the handover ceremony for the Group of 77 and China chairmanship, emphasizing its role in multilateralism and global cooperation.
• 💡 He will highlight urgent global challenges including conflicts, inequality, climate impacts, debt distress, and technological change.

Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti

• ⚠️ Clashes in Port-au-Prince continue to displace thousands, with Doctors Without Borders suspending medical activities due to escalating violence.
• 🏥 Only 10% of Haiti's health facilities are fully operational, while 4.9 million people need emergency health assistance.
• 🆘 The UN is appealing for $880 million to aid 4.2 million vulnerable Haitians, as internal displacement has reached 1.4 million.

Peace Efforts in Sudan

• 🕊️ The Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Sudan is attending a consultative meeting in Cairo to advance peace efforts.
• 🤝 International stakeholders are meeting to strengthen cooperation and collective efforts to end the war in Sudan.

Conflict and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

• 💔 The humanitarian coordinator visited Gaza, highlighting the need for unrestricted flow of critical supplies and support for rebuilding efforts.
• 📈 Insecurity, including air strikes and shelling, is rising, leading to civilian casualties, with over 300 incidents reported last week.
• 🏠 Partners are distributing shelter assistance and have reopened or established new health facilities, though only 40% are functioning.

Global Climate and Other Briefings

• 🌡️ The World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2025 was one of the three warmest years on record, continuing a trend of extraordinary global temperatures.
• 🇾🇪 The Security Council met to discuss Yemen, with warnings of over 18 million Yemenis facing acute insecurity and calls for funding and the release of detained colleagues.
• 🇨🇩 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, severe access restrictions and insecurity are hampering life-saving operations, with a surge in cholera cases reported.