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Russia supports WFP development and resilience efforts in Kyrgyzstan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$8 million from the Russian Federation to improve the food security and nutrition situation of 100,000 vulnerable smallholder farmers across the Kyrgyz Republic.

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With boundaries blurring between crime and terror, international cooperation’s vital, UN highlights

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Ammunition for small arms and other unexploded ordnance, stored at a secure location in Mali, prior to their safe disposal.

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River convoy reaches isolated areas in Ulang, South Sudan, saving millions of dollars on costly airdrops

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has, for the first time since civil war broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013, managed to send boats carrying humanitarian food assistance up the Sobat river, a major tributary of the White Nile.

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UK announces broad support for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh welcomes a new contribution of US $22.25 million from the United Kingdom to support the Rohingya refugee response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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In Chad, top UN officials say humanitarian response must go ‘hand in hand’ with longer-term recovery

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Women at a hospital in N'Djamena, Chad, care for their malnourished children.

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN Goodwill Ambassador and Congolese doctor, highlighting sexual violence

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2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nadia Murad, is the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. In this photo from 2017, she is participating in a panel discussion at UN Headquarters in New York.

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Nigeria inundated by floods; UN steps up disease prevention efforts

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A WHO official vaccinates a child against cholera during an OCV campaign in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria.

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UNICEF unmasks supervillain in new global comic contest

Contest will showcase the power of young people in helping to end violence in schools

UNICEF and Comics Uniting Nations are calling on children and young people to defeat the ultimate supervillain – Silence – to help end violence in and around schools.

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Republic of Korea supports displaced families through cash assistance in Iraq

A contribution of US$1.5 million from the Republic of Korea will enable the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide cash assistance to some 68,000 vulnerable displaced Iraqis through electronic cash cards and mobile money transfers.

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School meals in Sudan get a nutritious boost from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution of dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that will become part of the daily school meals enjoyed by thousands of vulnerable children in South Kordofan State in Sudan.