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![Secretary General Antonio Guterres meeting with Ms. Helen La Lime (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti). 5th September 2018. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe](https://minujusth.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/44618830751_0f182ba5f8_z.jpg?itok=Nhs2pmOQ)
Secretary General Antonio Guterres meeting with Ms. Helen La Lime (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti). 5th September 2018. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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In the photo, Gonave Island situated in the gulf by the same name along the western coast of Haiti. © Stefan Falk / UN / MINUJUSTH Support Centre, 2018