World
Geneva Palais briefing note: Children paying highest price of the crisis in Mali
Early on the morning of Saturday, 23 March, an attack on a village in Bankass in Mopti, central Mali killed more than 150 people and injured over 70. The attack also caused significant material damage.
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‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres
Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers of climate change” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, warning that vulnerable countries like Mozambique, would be hit the hardest unless urgent action is taken by nations across the world.
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‘Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric’ destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official
Against a backdrop of rising tensions in Israel and Palestine, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, painted a bleak picture once again in the Security Council on Tuesday, cataloguing further terrorist acts, attacks against civilians, reprisals against demonstrators, unlawful demolitions and settlement expansions, and a funding crisis which could have dramatic consequences for the stability of an already volatile region.
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1 million children affected by Cyclone Idai and subsequent floods in Mozambique, actual numbers feared much higher

On 21 March 2019 in Mozambique, Helcio Filipe Antonio holds a boy named Anderson Tackdi the Samora Michel High School in Beira. The Samora Michelle High School is one of the places used as a living space for people from Buzi, Mozambique that has been displaced by the floods caused by Cyclone Idai.
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‘Mosques should be safe havens, not sites of terror’, says Guterres announcing UN plan to help safeguard religious sites

UN Secretary-General António Guterres visit to the Islamic Cultural Centre of New York, on 22 March 2019.
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More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief

In the makeshift camp at Ain Issa, 50 km north of the Raqqa in the Syrian Arab Republic, Horriya, 12, carries a jerrycan of water (2017).
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Cyclone Idai: emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns UN food agency

Food distribution in Beira, Mozambique. At this school turned into a shelter, 70 families received food from WFP. Most of them had to leave their homes because they were damaged by the cyclone.
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North Korea, US Spar Over Sanctions
North Korea believes there are no legitimate reasons to maintain sanctions against the country since it has not conducted nuclear and missile testing for well over a year, a North Korean diplomat said Tuesday.
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Trade, Venezuela Among Topics for Trump, Bolsonaro Talks
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to discuss boosting trade and diplomatic ties when they meet Tuesday at the White House.
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Dutch Authorities Search For Motive in Tram Shooting
Authorities in the Netherlands worked Tuesday to determine the motive behind a shooting on a tram that left three people dead and five others wounded in the city of Utrecht.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi

Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability

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

Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020

