 The United Nations staff is on the ground in Turkey and Syria to assess needs and provide assistance after huge earthquakes tore through. UN Secretary General Antony Guterres said the UN is mobilising an emergency response and supports to assist all those hit by the disaster. Six hours apart killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands in Turkey and north-west Syria, flattening apartment blocks, the magnitude 7.8 quake which hit before sunrise in bitter winter weather was the worst strike Turkey this century. The United Nations is mobilising to support the emergency response and so let's work together in solidarity to assist all those hit by this disaster many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid during my tenure as I commissioner for refugees I went several times to work in that area and I will never forget the extraordinary demonstration of generosity of the people of the area it is time for all of us to show the same solidarity that I witnessed in the area in relation to refugees fleeing one of the most difficult conflicts of our time.