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Daily Wrap 21 March 2025

WORLD WATER DAY LIVE: 'A cold hard truth' Melting glaciers, climate crises and access to clean water are some of the messages emerging ahead of World Water Day and on the first ever World Day for Glaciers. UN News app users can follow our coverage here. Read more Climate and Environment UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned the looting of vital humanitarian supplies from Al Bashair Hospital in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, warning that the theft puts thousands of malnourished children and mothers at risk. Read more Peace and Security 'The poison of racism continues to infect our world', Guterres warns on International Day The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday, calling on the global community to uphold its shared responsibility to combat racism in all its forms. Read more Human Rights Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade The Israel-Palestine conflict is descending further into violence, with mounting civilian casualties in the West Bank and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the UN's top envoy for the region warned on Friday. Read more Peace and Security Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children's and refugee agencies said on Friday.  Read more Humanitarian Aid Running to bomb shelters, nothing new for Ukraine's schoolchildren Classes cut short by air raid sirens have become a routine part of school life for many Ukrainian youngsters in the three years since Russia's full-scale invasion began, a new UN report published on Friday details. Read more Peace and Security Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teams Israel's renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday. Read more Peace and Security

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