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WFP Scales Up Food Delivery In Syria To Raqqa Governorate Through New Land Access
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached two new locations in Raqqa governorate with food assistance, using a newly opened land route that has allowed access for the first time in three years to Mansoura and other rural areas north of Raqqa city.
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Senior UN officials urge concrete action to end Yemen conflict, ease ‘appalling’ humanitarian situation
War-torn Yemen is facing the world's worst cholera outbreak, the UN recently said.
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
While drinking water from a hand pump, a child smiles, in Mzuzu, the capital of Northern Region and the third largest city, by population, in Malawi.
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President Trump Extends Temporary Sanctions Relief on Sudan
President Donald Trump has postponed a final decision on whether to permanently lift economic sanctions against Sudan for another three months.
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US Court Halts Deportation of 1,500 Iraqis
A U.S. judge in Detroit has halted the deportation of nearly 1,500 Iraqis, many of them Christians, pending full consideration of their claims for asylum.
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Lean Season Relief Gives Hope To Thousands Of Families In Mauritania
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Mauritania welcomes vital contributions worth US$5 million from the governments of Germany, Japan, the European Union (ECHO), France, Spain, and Monaco, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Safe, effective family planning is key to 'empowering people, developing nations' – UN
Two women and a baby in a village near the city of Makeni, in the northern province of Sierra Leone.
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US Contribution To Boost WFP Food Assistance, Local Economy In Afghanistan
A contribution of US$20 million from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will enable the World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan to provide food assistance to more than 577,000 people in need. Nearly 70 percent of the money will be spent in Afghanistan to buy locally-milled, nutrient-enriched flour and salt.
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UN-backed roadmap shows how to improve situation of separated refugee children in Europe
In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, three children look out of the window of a train, which was boarded by refugees primarily from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, at a reception centre for refugees and migrants, in Gevgelija.
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Colombia: Security Council authorizes UN mission to monitor reintegration of FARC-EP
UN Security Council establishes second mission for Colombia Peace Process. View of the Chamber during the vote.
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Human Rights
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
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020