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Prime Minister Hun Sen told UN special envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer that Cambodia remains committed to assisting this country in finding the solution to ending the crisis and providing humanitarian assistance to those in need as well as spurring dialogue between all parties to the conflict.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has called for new collaboration between humanitarian and development organisations, businesses, investors and entrepreneurs to make a difference to the lives of the nearly 1 billion people living in fragile and conflict-affected settings worldwide.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Sunday that the parties involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict agreed to open another seven humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians, as the crisis has ruined the lives of millions of people.

Ukraine is facing a humanitarian crisis and urgently needs supplies of food and medicine to be brought into the country, the country's economy minister said on March 12.

Civilian evacuations via humanitarian corridors halted in two Ukrainian cities on Saturday, causing a temporary setback to a truce between Russia and Ukraine.

More than 400,000 people have been displaced in northwestern and southeastern Myanmar and access to humanitarian aid remains restricted, announced the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA Myanmar) on February 9.

The Treasury Department on Wednesday issued new licenses to loosen sanctions restrictions on assistance to Afghanistan, following a wave of appeals from aid organizations, lawmakers and others to prevent economic collapse and mass starvation.

In view of the challenging humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, India on Saturday dispatched the first consignment of humanitarian assistance consisting of medical supplies to the war-torn country.

As the abrupt cutoff of foreign funding since the Taliban takeover threatens economic collapse in Afghanistan, risking the lives of many of its citizens along with their livelihoods, a United Nations agency has come up with a way to keep at least some of the money flowing.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday and stressed "urgent action" to address the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Afghanistan, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO).

"A safe, secure, and sustainable future in Afghanistan can only be achieved through successful peace negotiations," UN humanitarian chief said.

Since the start of the year, nearly 360,000 people have been forcibly displaced by conflict in southern Afghanistan. About 5 million people have been displaced since 2012.