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Addressing reporters, Ersin Tatar, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community said, “We don't intend to resume negotiations where they were left off in Crans-Montana. All those opportunities have been exhausted.” UNIFEED

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first WFP assistance to reach the war-wracked region in months. Yet, the UN food agency warns that unless the people of Sudan receive a constant flow of aid via all possible humanitarian corridors – from neighbouring countries and across battle lines – the country’s hunger catastrophe will only worsen. WFP

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO is horrified by the killing of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen in Gaza on Monday,” reiterating that “an effective and transparent mechanism for deconfliction must be put in place to ensure humanitarian convoys can move safely.” WHO

In a press conference today (21 Mar), World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “WHO’s Member States are meeting to negotiate a historic, legally binding agreement to protect future generations from the impacts of pandemics. There is much agreement between Member States on the objectives of the agreement. Now they need to agree on how to achieve those objectives.” WHO

OCHA Operations and Advocacy Division Director, Edem Wosornu said, “A humanitarian travesty is playing out in Sudan under a veil of international inaction and inattention. Simply put, we are failing the people of Sudan.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer.” UNIFEED

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, told the Security Council that while “hopes and expectations” for an agreement on a nationwide ceasefire and measures to improve living conditions in Yemen have not been met, “efforts in finalising and implementing a UN roadmap remain undeterred.” UNIFEED

UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, said that delivering humanitarian aid by air is “a testimony to our shared humanity, but it's a drop in the ocean,” reiterating that using land “remains the optimal solution.” UNIFEED

United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said a new US draft resolution on Gaza with “additional edits” has been circulated, and “now the ball is in Hamas's court to accept that deal.” UNIFEED

The General Assembly held a plenary meeting to debate the use of a veto cast by the United States on a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on 20 February 2024. UNIFEED