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We must fulfil our moral duty to the people of Haiti. Allow me to now turn to Syria. I have few words left to describe the Syrian tragedy. The conflict continues to reach new and awful depths. The offensive being carried out by the Syrian government in eastern Aleppo since 23 September has been the most sustained and intensive aerial bombardment since the conflict began. The results have been horrific. Nearly 500 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 injured. More than a quarter of all deaths are children. Eastern Aleppo is besieged. No UN convoy has entered since 7 July. Under these medieval conditions, the vulnerable are suffering the most. The health sector has been mercilessly pummelled – hundreds of people are in urgent need of medical evacuation. Meanwhile, hunger has been used as a weapon. Food rations will run out by the end of the month. I welcome the unilateral pause in the bombing, announced by the Russian Federation, which began today. This has helped pave the way for the implementation of the UN’s medical evacuation plan. UN agencies and our partners are preparing to carry out urgent medical evacuations, and provide emergency medical supplies, for hundreds of sick and critically wounded people and their families in eastern Aleppo. This depends on all sides adhering to security assurances and facilitating this urgent, life-saving initiative. But this is the bare minimum. It is far from enough. We need full humanitarian access to eastern Aleppo. My Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, has warned that, if the fighting continues at this pace, Aleppo could be destroyed before the end of the year. People across the world are rightly asking how we can tolerate any further destruction. They are looking for signs that the international community – the United Nations -- has a conscience and a heart. We are asked: Have we learned nothing from Srebrenica and Rwanda