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As the fighting continues unabated in Ukraine with a devastating impact on communities, particularly in the east and south of the country, UN humanitarian partners confirmed that they have continued to scale up urgently needed assistance. UNTV CH

Humanitarian agencies have called today for an immediate cessation to hostilities in Sudan and urged the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to ensure safe access for medical workers and ambulances so they can bring assistance to the wounded. UNTV CH

“We need to mobilize 3.1 billion US dollars in the coming five years to be successful to reach 100 percent coverage of early warning services. Now only half of our 193 country members have such services in place and we have also major gaps in the basic observing systems,” said Professor Petteri Taalas, WMO’s Secretary-General. UNIFEED

Children in Ukraine have endured violence, trauma, loss, destruction and displacement since the Russian full-scale invasion in February 2022, leaving 4.1 million children in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country, UN humanitarians said. UNTV CH

As the death toll from the 6 February earthquake disaster topped 41,000 in Türkiye, the UN development experts said that 1.5 million people have been made homeless in the south of the country, where at least 500,000 new homes will need to be built. UNTV CH

UN aid trucks filled with vital relief support continue to cross the border from southern Türkiye into northwest Syria to help communities enduring terrible trauma caused by last week’s earthquake disaster, and they will “continue every day for as long as the needs are there”, UN aid teams said. UNTV CH

The full scale of the double earthquake disaster in Türkiye and Syria is still unfolding, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as they stressed the critical need to step up search and rescue efforts for victims and ensure that lifesaving aid reaches all those who need it. UNTV CH

With more than 50 percent of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the majority of Ukraine’s oblasts being without electricity while winter sets in, the humanitarian needs for the population are rising by the day. UNTV CH

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through a data-driven process called Anticipatory Action, systematically links early warnings to actions designed to protect families and their assets ahead of a natural disaster. FAO

“The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is generating hope,’ the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council, warning at the same time that “at this critical moment, vaccine equity is the biggest moral test before the global community.” UNIFEED