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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.

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Treaty banning nuclear weapons opens for signature at UN

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Signing ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, 20 September 2017.

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Only 15 countries worldwide have three essential national policies that support families with young children – UNICEF

New report says around 85 million children under five live in 32 countries that do not offer families two years of free pre-primary education; paid breastfeeding breaks for new mothers for the first six months; and adequate paid parental leave

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November, 2016 UNICEF visit to perinatal centre in Aktau to assess quality of medical care provided in order to provide further expertise in improving mother and child care at the hospital. Aktau city, Mangystau oblast, Kazakhstan.

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WFP Provides Food Assistance To A Record 7 Million People In Yemen In August

In an ongoing struggle to avert famine in Yemen, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to provide food assistance to a record seven million people across the country during the month of August 2017.

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US Donates Around US$100 Million For WFP Northeast Nigeria Emergency Response

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a significant contribution of nearly US$100 million from the United States, which guarantees continued life-saving food assistance in northeast Nigeria through early 2018.

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Congressmen Arrested at New York DACA Protest

Three members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the speaker of the New York City Council were arrested Tuesday during a protest calling for action to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the United States when they were children.

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Third Suspect Arrested in London Subway Bombing

British police have arrested a third suspect in last week's bombing on a London Underground train that injured more than 30 people.