A/HRC/RES/58/32 has a disproportionate impact on women and girls, leading to an increased risk of non-communicable diseases, in particular anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, and communicable diseases, in particular sexually transmitted diseases, which impedes the full realization and enjoyment of human rights by the Haitian people, Expressing grave concern further at human rights violations and abuses, physical attacks on individuals, abductions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, mutilation and massacres, the disproportionate impact of violence on women and girls, children, particularly those recruited by gangs, persons with disabilities and older persons, as well as repeated attacks on the forces of law and order and the destruction of health and security infrastructure, Condemning the violations and abuses committed against children in Haiti, including the recruitment and use, killing, maiming and abduction of children, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence against children, particularly girls, attacks on schools and hospitals and the denial of humanitarian access to children, Recalling that the situation in Haiti has been added as a situation of concern in the 2023 and 2024 reports of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict,1 Remaining deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, which has been exacerbated by armed gang violence and its consequences in terms of continual forced displacements, very limited access to basic services by most of the population and the blocking of humanitarian aid, Noting that, despite the ongoing efforts of its security forces, Haiti still has neither the technical capacity, the appropriate staffing levels nor the necessary resources to effectively combat the criminal actions of armed gangs on its territory and consolidate the progress made in human rights, Expressing serious concern at the continuing illicit trafficking of firearms and ammunition, which is fuelling armed violence and human rights violations in Haiti, Recalling the repeated requests by the Government of Haiti for coordinated and targeted international action to put an end to the multiple human rights abuses attributable to the armed gangs and to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Recalling also the activities carried out in Haiti by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through the human rights component of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, and by the independent expert, Recognizing the vital role of civil society in promoting and protecting human rights in Haiti and the importance of creating and maintaining a safe and enabling environment in which civil society can operate independently, protected from insecurity, Recognizing also the key role of countries in the region, of regional and subregional organizations such as the Organization of American States and the Caribbean Community and of other international partners, in particular the support of the Caribbean Community and its Eminent Persons Group for the efforts made by Haiti to overcome the security and humanitarian situation, 1. Welcomes the reports prepared by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the participation of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti;2 2. Affirms the importance of effectively combating armed gang violence in Haiti and its adverse impact on the realization and enjoyment of human rights by the people of Haiti; 3. Also affirms the need for security to be restored in order to ensure the effectiveness of the humanitarian response, the organization of democratic elections and the restoration of democratic institutions in Haiti; 1 2 2 A/77/895-S/2023/363 and A/78/842-S/2024/384. A/HRC/54/79, A/HRC/55/76 and A/HRC/57/41. GE.25-05560