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Addressing inequality in partner countries: Council adopts conclusions

The Council on November 25 adopted conclusions on addressing inequality in partner countries.

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Trump Non-Committal About Signing Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Bills

President Donald Trump was non-committal Friday about signing bi-partisan legislation supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

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Insecurity hinders access to displaced in north-eastern Burkina Faso

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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An internally displaced woman with her child in Barsalogho, Burkina Faso.

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Deadly life at sea: UN partners spotlight depths of danger in fishing industry

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Fisherman in Timor Leste casts net in the water to catch small fish. UN Photo/Martine Perret.

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Ethiopia's Ruling Coalition Merges Into Single Party

Three of the four ethnic-based parties in Ethiopia's ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front or EPRDF, voted Thursday to become one single party.

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US Congress Approves Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Bills

The U.S. Congress approved two bills Thursday to support pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong after months of unrest in the semi-autonomous city.

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Winter preparations for Syrian refugees and displaced in full swing

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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Syrian refugee Nadira stands in the sunshine outside her family tent in Bardarash camp, Dohuk governorate with her three-year-old son and four-year-old daughter. Their flight from Syria was a struggle and now Nadira fears the coming winter.

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Thousands of Central African refugees to return home from DRC

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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Guilaine Alaya, 33, points to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic as she returns by boat after six years of exile.

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Israeli settlements remain ‘flagrant violation’ of international law, UN envoy tells Security Council

Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.

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Iconic landmarks around the world turn blue in symbolic stand for child rights on World Children’s Day

Acropolis, Empire State Building and Al Noor Mosque among buildings lit up as Convention on the Rights of the Child turns 30

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On 19 November 2019 in Paris, France, the Panthéon turned blue in honor of World Children's Day.