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UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said, as Syria moves further into its second decade of conflict, “we are failing the Syrian people, young and old,” and stressed that “failure each year cannot, cannot be our strategy." UNIFEED

Speaking to reporters in New York, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in northern Ethiopia more people are fleeing their homes due to continued fighting around the town of Abala in Afar province, near the boundary with Tigray province. UNIFEED

In his message to a virtual United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, Secretary-General António Guterres said “what we see today must worry us – and jolt us into action.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen following Security Council consultations.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, told the Security Council that “a strategic stalemate” exists in Syria and called for “serious diplomatic discussions on a range of steps that could begin to impact the conflict dynamics.” UNIFEED

In Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, governments are looking at ways to halt migration and encourage young people to stay in their home countries, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In El Salvador, a rural development programme is having positive results, encouraging young people to take up careers in agriculture. IFAD

Speaking to reporters in New York, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said “3.5 metric tons shipment of medical supplies and equipment were flown in by the UN humanitarian air service in Mekelle in Tigray on Monday.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that six months after the takeover by the Taliban, “Afghanistan is hanging by a thread,” adding that for Afghans, “daily life has become a frozen hell.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway, on the future of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the situation in Afghanistan.

World Bank Group Liaison officer Natalia Latu said the Bank “has stood shoulder to shoulder with the Government of Tonga” as the full picture in the island nation was still being assessed following the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano. WORLD BANK