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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

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “And I call on all United Nations Member States to promote dialogue and sustainable solutions that are representative of the will of the Myanmar people, in order to bring an end to this brutal crisis. The people of Myanmar deserve a better future.” UNTV CH

A United Nations interagency mission visited Idlib Governorate, Syria, to assess needs and distribute aid. OCHA

Four babies were born via C-section at the UNFPA-supported Al Fardous Hospital in Daret Azza City, located in the rebel-held Jebel Saman district in Aleppo Governorate, shortly after the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. UNFPA

According to the United Nations Population Fund, an estimated 133,000 pregnant women have been impacted by the earthquake across Syria. UNFPA

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 World Food Programme appeals for more access points to the worst affected areas by the earthquake in Syria. WFP

Reading the joint statement by Brazil and Switzerland, co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file, Ambassador Baeriswyl said, “The earthquake, which struck southern Türkiye, directly affecting northern Syria on Monday, 6th February, is a heartbreaking tragedy amid Syria’s humanitarian crisis.” UNIFEED

In response to the multiple earthquakes that rocked southern Türkiye and northern Syria, the United Nations announced a 25 million US dollar grant from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help kick-start the humanitarian response. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief said, "we're all shocked and saddened by the images and reports coming from Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic,” and announced that the “WHO is dispatching three charter flights to both countries with medical supplies including major surgical trauma kits from our logistics hub in Dubai.” WHO