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Four billion people have no social security protection - UN labour agency

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Ronda (right), who has been living in the open, washes clothes in the UN Protection of Civilians Site that houses thousands of displaced people in Wau, South Sudan.

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After DPRK missile launch, UN political chief urges Security Council to ‘do all it can’ to prevent escalation

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Security Council Meeting on Non-proliferation/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Child malnutrition levels increase sharply in besieged Syrian town of East Ghouta

Malnutrition rate in area is highest recorded in Syria since start of crisis

Violence, lack of humanitarian access and sky-rocketing food prices have worsened malnutrition among young children in besieged East Ghouta. Nearly 400,000 people – half of them are estimated to be children – remain trapped in the area which has been under siege since mid-2013.

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Global agreements on migration and refugees should include commitments to protect children, UNICEF urges world leaders

Ahead of international meeting on migration in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, UNICEF releases blueprint for how to protect children on the move

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Seven-year old Louay, six-year old Ayman, six-year old Manena and six-year old Wael play with a suitcase that they found in the garbage at the Skaramagas refugee camp, in the port area of northern Athens, Greece.

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Violence drives more Rohingyas to Bangladesh; in Myanmar, Pope appeals for tolerance – UN

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Rohingya refugees who crossed the Naf River, which demarcates the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, on makeshift rafts made of logs, bamboo poles and jerrycans, walk along an embankment.

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Returning foreign terrorist fighters pose ‘enormous challenge with no easy solution,’ Security Council told

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The aftermath of a bombing attack in Iraq.

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UN working to address slavery, abuses against African migrants and refugees, Security Council told

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In Libya, dozens of migrants sleep alongside one another in a cramped cell in Tripoli's Tariq al-Sikka detention facility.

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Germany Provides Critical Humanitarian Assistance For Refugees In Tanzania And Rwanda

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has contributed EUR 2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in order to maintain food assistance for almost half a million refugees and asylum seekers residing in Tanzania and Rwanda. This funding is vital as WFP refugee operations in the region are facing critical funding shortages. WFP operations in Tanzania and Rwanda each received EUR 1 million from the contribution.

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WFP Expands Delivery Of Food Through Sudan To Hungry People In South Sudan

The World Food Programme (WFP) has successfully sent a first convoy to deliver food assistance from Sudan to the north-western South Sudanese city of Aweil in Bahr El-Ghazal region. It plans to send enough food down the new route in 2018 to feed 1.7 million people for 10 months.

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N. Korea Confirms Successful Test of New Intercontinental Missile that Can Strike U.S.

North Korea says it successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the continental United States.