A ministerial-level conference on Haiti held on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2024 produced pledges of additional financial and logistical support for both the security mission and the humanitarian response, with participating governments committing to accelerate the disbursement of resources that had been promised but not yet delivered. The conference reflected the elevated international attention that the dramatic events of early 2024 had generated and the pressure on donor governments to demonstrate that their stated commitment to Haiti translated into concrete support.
The United States reaffirmed its commitment of over $300 million in support for the security mission and announced additional humanitarian assistance funding. Canada, France, and European Union member states made supplementary commitments that collectively increased the resources available for Haiti’s transitional period. Caribbean Community members pledged continued political support and modest additional contributions to the mission.
Haitian civil society organizations that participated in the conference welcomed the pledges while noting the persistent gap between what was committed and what was actually disbursed. The conference produced a higher level of political visibility for Haiti’s crisis than had been the norm in recent years, with senior officials from major donor governments making specific public commitments rather than issuing general statements of support.
The test of the conference’s significance was whether the commitments made in New York would be translated into resources actually reaching Haiti in time to make a difference during the critical transitional period. Previous international conferences on Haiti had produced impressive pledge totals that had not been fully delivered. Whether 2024’s conference would prove different was a question whose answer would depend on the follow-through of donor governments in the months that followed.