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Woman sentenced in Sydney over illegal metal alloy shipment to Iran

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APA Commends Congress for Allocating Federal Funds for Gun Violence Research

Reducing gun violence is a top priority of APA

Following is a statement of APA President Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, in response to the passage of legislation that provides federal funding for gun violence research.

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UN relief chief condemns attacks against humanitarian premises in Yemen

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The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock in a camp for displaced people in Sana’a, Yemen on 29 November 2018.

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Bring global migration compact ‘to life’, urges UN chief

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A family is trying to build a new life in Chile after migrating from Vargas State, Venezuela.

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West Africa ‘shaken by unprecedented violence’, UN envoy tells Security Council

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A young girl drinks water in the Bakassi IDP camp, in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

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Waves of protests around the world are reminder that voices of children and adolescents must be heard and their rights protected

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

“Children and young people from around the world have taken to the streets in recent months to demand their rights.

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Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone

Parties must protect children, end targeting of schools and clinics

The 40-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and parties are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said in a new report released on Dec 16, 2019.

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‘Embrace the transformation’ to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25

With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies in a wholesale transformation of how we power the planet and manage our resources, the UN chief said on Thursday, at a COP25 climate action event focused on greener jobs.

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South Sudan famine threat: UN food security agency in ‘race against time’

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A woman and her family wade through a flooded plain to reach their home in Thaker, Unity state, South Sudan.

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COP25: Italy and Mexico pave the way on climate education

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Six-year-old girl in Beira receives her education pack as part of UNICEF's ramped-up response to children and families in Mozambique affected by Cylcone Idai, April 2019.