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Briefing reporters today on Haiti’s current food security crisis, World Food Programme's Country Director, Jean-Martin Bauer, wondered “how bad things need to get in order for actions to happen?” UNIFEED

In Türkiye and Syria, the United Nations and partners continue to support the humanitarian response to last month’s earthquakes, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The Global Commission on the Economics of Water calls for a new, collective approach to water and bold actions to secure a just and sustainable future for all. UNIFEED

A UN Spokesperson updated reporters on an attack in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, a string of attacks in North Kivu and Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the launch of the Stabilization Strategy for the Central Regions in Mali. UNIFEED

“Despite the grim situation with ongoing challenges, there are clear areas where we can try to make some meaningful progress. In recent interviews with Rohingya mothers, young women and youth rescued during precarious sea journeys, they all had a single message – we want a future and education,” the UN Special Envoy on Myanmar told General Assembly Member States. UNIFEED

According to the International Organization for Migration, the outflow of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is one of the largest displacement crises in the world. IOM

The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, welcomed “intense diplomatic efforts” to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end and called on all sides “to allow the time and space needed for the discussions to bear fruit.” UNIFEED

Human rights defender from Myanmar, May Sabe Phyu said, “We, women of Myanmar believe that to achieve gender equality, it is a must to end militarism and the impunity enjoyed by the military for their actions. We know in our hearts that women's rights and gender equality will never be advanced if the junta remains in power.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General warned, “Rather than presenting facts and addressing bias, technology based on incomplete data and badly-designed algorithms is digitizing and amplifying sexism – with deadly consequences.” UNIFEED

At the launch of their latest report on Monday, few days before the 12th anniversary of the Syrian crisis, the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic called for an independent investigation for the failure that they witnessed by the Syrian Government, the international community, including the United Nations, to rapidly direct urgent life-saving aid to northwest Syria after the massive earthquakes struck on February 6th. UNTV CH