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Hong Kong Weekend Protests Push Democratic Reform
Hong Kong is experiencing another round of anti-government weekend protests.
The demonstrations were first staged to protest against an extradition law that would send criminal suspects to mainland China for trials.
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Former Maldives VP Deported From India
India has deported a former Maldives vice president.
Ahmed Adeeb was deported Saturday.
He tried to enter India's southern port of Tuticorin on Thursday aboard a tugboat.
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10.5 million refugees received health care in 2018
Despite record levels of worldwide displacement and continuing refugee influxes, some 10.5 million refugees received health care through public health programs and through UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and other partners last year.
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10.5 million refugees received health care in 2018
Despite record levels of worldwide displacement and continuing refugee influxes, some 10.5 million refugees received health care through public health programs and through UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and other partners last year.
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Declaration by the High Representative Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU on the support to the UN facilitated political process in Libya
The European Union and its Member States are united in demanding that all Libyan parties commit to a permanent ceasefire and return to a UN facilitated political process. The European Union and its Member States welcome the proposal by Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ghassan Salame for a truce on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha as an important step in this regard. These measures could constitute a first step towards peace.
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Security Council must ‘come together’ to address the plight of children trapped in armed conflict, says UN envoy
An injured girl is being treated at Althawra Hospital in Hudaydah, Yeman. She was injured along with her brothers and her uncle, while the family was trying to relocate farther from the fighting that same day in Aljah area, Bait Alfaqih district. (2018).
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Security Council gravely concerned by Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, demands immediate end to violence hampering response
On 20 June 2018, a member of the WHO Ebola ring vaccination team vaccinates a man in Bosolo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Mozambique President, Opposition Leader Sign Peace Agreement
The president of Mozambique and the head of opposition group Renamo signed a peace deal on Thursday, formally ending years of conflict between the two factions.
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Trump Considering Blockade of Venezuela
President Donald Trump says he is considering a blockade or quarantine of Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro continues to hold power.
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Ten years on, crisis in Nigeria ‘far from over’; UN and humanitarian partners urge support for millions still affected
Children peer through a reed fence at a site for the displaced in Kasesa neighbourhood of Damaturu, Nigeria.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020