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In Bangladesh, UN refugee chief warns influx of Rohingya outpaces capacities to respond

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Newly arrived Rohingya refugees sit at Shamlapur beach in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, after traveling for five hours in a boat across the open waters of the Bay of Bengal.

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UNICEF emergency supplies for Rohingya refugee children arrive in Bangladesh

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On 15 September 2017, newly arrived Rohingya refugee children make the long journey into Bangladesh carrying all of their possessions, after their village was torched in Myanmar.

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‘To deny climate change is to deny a truth we have just lived’ says Prime Minister of storm-hit Dominica

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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of the Commonwealth of Dominica addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.

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In General Assembly address, Bahrain calls for strong, stable Middle East

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Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.

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Ambassador-at-large of Somalia urges all to end conflicts with love and peace

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Ambassador-at-large of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Abdirashid A. Sed also rings the Bell.

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UN focuses on sustainability

FOWPAL calling for global actions from world citizens

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Barbara Atherly, Consul General of Guyana, rang the Bell of World Peace and Love.

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At Historic Moment World Leaders Gather at the UN

FOWPAL Consolidates the Positive Energy of NGOs to Promote Peace

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FOWPAL holds the 2017 International Forum of Love and Peace, with 200 people attending, consolidating the positive energy of NGOs to solve the current world crisis.

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Strong compacts for refugees and migrants more urgent than ever

Joint statement by UN Special Representative for International Migration and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

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They came in unending lines, the very old and the very young—hundreds of thousands of Middle East migrants and refugees on the Balkan Route from southern to northern Europe via Croatia in 2015.

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UNHCR calls on DRC to protect refugees after tragic killings

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure protection for refugees and asylum-seekers after a shocking shooting incident in Kamanyola on September 15 in which at least 39 people were killed and another 94 injured.

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High-Level Humanitarian Event on South Sudan

Co-chairs’ summary issued on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock; African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, H.E. Ms. Minata Samate Cessouma; and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, H.E. Mr. Børge Brende

On 20 September 2017, we hosted a high-level meeting to draw international attention to the escalating humanitarian crisis in South Sudan with participation from United Nations Member States, regional organizations, UN partners and members of the civil society.