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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said, “Without compliance by parties to conflict to allow safe, full, and unhindered access for timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, children’s survival, well-being, and development are in jeopardy and our calls are mere echoes in this chamber.” UNIFEED

Presenting a new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the situation in Haiti, Human rights expert William O’Neill said that if the deployment of a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission “takes much longer, there may not be much” of a Haitian National Police (HNP) to support. UNIFEED

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation in Haiti is “cataclysmic” and stressed that “tackling insecurity must be a top priority to protect the population and prevent further human suffering.” OHCHR

In a press conference today (21 Mar), World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “WHO’s Member States are meeting to negotiate a historic, legally binding agreement to protect future generations from the impacts of pandemics. There is much agreement between Member States on the objectives of the agreement. Now they need to agree on how to achieve those objectives.” WHO

Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, said that the situation in the country, and in Port-au-Prince in particular, has gone “from very worrying to extremely alarming.” UNIFEED

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York that the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday “was able to provide hot meals to about 13,000 displaced people,” but said “this service in Port-au-Prince might be shut down next week if new funding is not secured.” UNIFEED

The World Food Program (WFP) Country Director in Haiti, Jean-Martin Bauer, said, “I'm ringing the alarm bell because you have this, baseline level of hunger that's already very high” and a recent upsurge in violence “is worsening things even more.” UNIFEED

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, said, “UNRWA only exist because there are Palestinian refugees. It is not a present to the Palestinians. It is an answer to their needs.” UNIFEED

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told reporters, “Almost all our peacekeeping operations have deteriorated political and security environments. I think it's probably never have been that tough for our peacekeepers.” UNIFEED

The High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the international community to “act swiftly and decisively to prevent Haiti's further descent into chaos.” OHCHR