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Across South Sudan, landmines and unexploded ordnance remain a real and present danger, a legacy of this young nation’s troubled past. This year’s Mine Action Day event in South Sudan was hosted by the National Mine Action Authority (NMAA), in partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). UNMISS

Assistant-Secretary-General Khaled Khiari told the Security Council that the expansion of armed conflict throughout Myanmar, “has deprived communities of basic needs and access to essential services, and a devastating impact on human rights and fundamental freedoms.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the devastating Israeli airstrikes that killed World Central Kitchen personnel bring the number of aid workers killed in this conflict to 196, is "unconscionable.” He reiterated that the Security Council resolution “must be implemented without delay.” UNIFEED

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

The latest analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification partnership warned that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. WHO

The devastating hunger situation in Gaza is also affecting doctors and other hospital staff at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Central Gaza. WHO

FAO Members in Latin America and the Caribbean discuss how to reduce hunger and inequality in world’s largest agrifood exporting region. FAO

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership has released its latest update on Gaza warning that the conditions necessary to prevent famine have not been met and the latest evidence confirms that famine is imminent in the northern governorates and projected to occur anytime between mid-March and May 2024. WHO

Addressing a Security Council open debate on Promoting Conflict Prevention the head of the United Nations Political and Peacebuilding department, Rosemary DiCarlo said, “almost 25 years after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325, women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in building peace and preventing conflict remains the exception, not the rule.” UNIFEED

A top UN official said, “repeated calls” for protection of civilians in Russia and Ukraine “appear to fall on deaf ears.” UNIFEED