Addressing the opening session of the United Nations human rights council in Geneva, Elvan said Turkey was "doing its upmost to shoulder a large part of the humanitarian catastrophe" caused by more than five years of civil war in Syria.
"The number of Syrian babies born in Turkey has reached almost 152,000," Elvan told the council, according to a copy of his prepared remarks, noting that his country also hosts more than 2.7 million Syrian refugees, more than any of Syria's other neighbours.
Ankara has repeatedly chastised the international community for not doing more in the face of Syria's massive displacement crisis, with more than half of the country's population forced from their homes by fighting.
Elvan restated that call on Monday, urging the world nations, including the West to "act in line with principles of burden sharing" on the Syrian humanitarian crisis.
