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Extend cross border 'lifeline' into Syria, Lowcock urges Security Council

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A disabled refugee girl from Syria in a wheelchair is helped by her sister as she and her other siblings head to school in Adana, Turkey.

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UN agency assisting Palestinians working at ‘full capacity with inadequate resources’

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In Dera’a camp in Syria, young Palestinian refugees continue to study despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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First Person: Ending violence against women - ‘men and boys — I am talking to you’, says UN Deputy Chief

Men and boys who “turn a blind eye” to violence against women, must accept that they are “accomplices to violence” according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

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Health and humanitarian air lifeline under threat as funds run out

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Without funds, ‘no choice’ but to suspend most aid flights, warns WFP

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a cargo flight from WFP’s newly established Global Humanitarian Response Hub in Liège, Belgium arrived in Burkina Faso carrying almost 16 metric tons of medical cargo and personal protective equipment like masks and gloves on behalf of UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

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World Refugee Day: End conflict that drives ‘appalling’ displacement numbers

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A Rohingya refugee family sit in the doorway of their new monsoon-ready shelter in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund announces its largest investment of startups in developing and emerging economies

Among the awardees are companies expanding work to use their technologies to mitigate the hardships of COVID-19 on children and youth

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Children use their tablet to learn in a village on the outskirts of Kassala in Eastern Sudan.

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7 Plead Not Guilty to Looting More than $132 Million from South African Bank

Seven suspects accused of taking just over $132 million from VBS Mutual bank in South Africa have pleaded not guilty to dozens of fraud and theft charges.

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UNICEF airlifts COVID-19 testing kits to Yemen to boost response as cases soar

A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane , to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid the rapid increase of cases in Yemen on June 18. An additional shipment of 8,000 tests is expected to arrive in Aden in the coming days.

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Guyana Election Commission's Awaits Report Confirming Election Winner

The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission could get a report from Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield Friday that could move the South American country closer to confirming the results of March presidential and regional elections.