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UN cooperation with League of Arab States ‘pivotal’, UN chief tells Security Council

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Syrian refugee children are pictured in an informal settlement near Terbol in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon

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Conflict prevention, mediation: among ‘most important tools’ to reduce human suffering, Guterres tells Security Council

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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the UN Security Council during a meeting on conflict prevention and mediation. (12 June 2019)

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Sudan: ‘Violence must stop’, says UNICEF chief, ‘gravely concerned’ over 19 child deaths since military backlash

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Protesters gather in front of the headquarters of the Sudanese army in the capital, Khartoum.

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Scores killed in ‘barbaric’ attack on Mali village, UN chief urges restraint, calls for ‘dialogue’ to resolve tensions

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A traditional Dogon village in central Mali.

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UNICEF ramps up humanitarian assistance to children in Venezuela, delivers 55 tons of health supplies since January

3.2 million children – or 1 in 3 – need assistance

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4 June 2019: A child playing on the roof of El Carmen school in Barrio Union, Petare, in the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. It is too dangerous to play outside and children head straight home as soon as they leave school. Even a basketball hoop right outside the school was removed to discourage children from hanging out outdoors.

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Sudan: UN chief deplores excessive force used against pro-democracy protesters, calls on military and civilian leaders to ‘stay the course’ in negotiations

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Protesters take to streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

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Only 6 per cent of children in Africa live in areas where air pollution is reliably measured at the ground-level

More reliable ground-level measurements are required to combat this silent killer of children, particularly in Africa where the problem is growing and gravely under-studied

Only 6 per cent of children in Africa live in areas where air pollution is reliably measured at ground-level, leaving half a billion children across the continent living in areas with no reliable means of measuring air quality, according to a new UNICEF report released on World Environment Day.

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World Food Programme accesses Yemeni frontline district for first time since conflict began

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People in the Yememi port city of Hudaydah have been provided with vouchers by the World Food Programme which they can exchange for food.

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From philanthropy to profit: how clean energy is kickstarting sustainable development in East Africa

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School in the district of Namacurra, in Zambézia province, Mozambique.

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Tens of thousands of children in grave danger as violence escalates in northwest Syria

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

“Tens of thousands of children in northwest Syria are at imminent risk of injury, death and displacement because of a significant escalation in fighting. Violence has intensified over the past few days, especially in villages in northern Hama and southern Idleb.