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The UN welcomed the opening of a maritime corridor to deliver much-needed additional humanitarian assistance by sea and commend the leadership of Cyprus and the support extended by the European Commission, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States and others. WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN

The situation in Gaza, coupled with protracted crises in Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, is of "great concern," the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said as he addressed the 37th session of the FAO Regional Ministerial Conference for the Near East and North Africa (NENA). FAO

The United States vetoed a resolution put forward on behalf of Arab States by Algeria demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution received 13 votes in favour, while the United Kingdom abstained. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we want an Afghanistan in peace, peace with itself and peace with its neighbours, able to assume the commitments and international obligations of a sovereign state,” but cautioned that “there is an essential set of questions in which we are stuck.” MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS QATAR

United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters in New York that “if accepted and implemented,” a proposal being brokered by the US, Egypt, and Qatar, “would move all parties one step closer to creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.” UNIFEED

The Secretary-General welcomed the announcement of an operation to deliver additional and much-needed medicines and medical supplies to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and to deliver vital medicines to hostages currently held in Gaza, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

On behalf of more than 1,900 humanitarian partners worldwide, the United Nations launched its global appeal for 2024, calling for US$46.4 billion to help 180.5 million people with life-saving assistance and protection. UNTV CH

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council, “we need a true humanitarian ceasefire,” adding that a failure of establishing a two-State solution “will condemn Palestinians, Israelis, the region and the world, to a never-ending cycle of death and destruction.” UNIFEED

Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Sami Bahous welcomed "the news that 50 hostages, all women, and children, will be released in return for the release of 150 Palestinian women and children, and a much-needed humanitarian pause.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the Secretary-General “has welcomed the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas, with the mediation of Qatar and supported by Egypt and the United States.” UNIFEED