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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

An escalation in tensions in Tambura in South Sudan has led to joint interventions by government partners and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to boost community confidence and security. UNMISS

Presenting a new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the situation in Haiti, Human rights expert William O’Neill said that if the deployment of a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission “takes much longer, there may not be much” of a Haitian National Police (HNP) to support. UNIFEED

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has called for urgent action in DR Congo, where renewed fighting between non-state armed group, March 23 Movement (M23) and the army has displaced over 4 million people in the last two years. UNHCR

The Secretary-General said Monday that the UN Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, is a lifeline of hope and dignity - in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon - and in Jordan, the country that he is currently visiting as part of his annual Ramadan solidarity trip. UNIFEED

In the early hours of 21 March, Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came again under massive attack after a respite of over 40 days. OCHA

The Mission found that State authorities in Iran were responsible for egregious human rights violations in connection with the protests that started on 16 September 2022. OHCHR

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

UN humanitarians said that nearly three-quarters of Syria's population, more than 16.7 million people, are currently in need of aid - the highest number ever since the conflict began in 2011. UNTV CH

The Government of Ukraine and Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced US$18 million in catalytic grant funding for a new Multi-Year Resilience Programme that will benefit over 150,000 children across ten of Ukraine’s most impacted areas. UNIFEED