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On World Day, UN agencies urge countering threats to cultural diversity

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Members of Mongolia’s National Academic Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance perform at UN Headquarters celebrating cultural diversity.

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UN refugee chief Grandi in Libya: UNHCR ramping up its humanitarian response

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A displaced Libyan boy from the city of Sirte sits on a mattress distributed by the Red Crescent in Alarbaeen, Libya, in 2016.

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WFP Delivers Food To Thousands Hit By Recent Violence In Central African Republic

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is dispatching food by air and road to thousands of people in need of food assistance in conflict-torn Central African Republic (C.A.R.), where a new wave of violence has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands.

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WFP Welcomes Canadian Earth Group Support For School Meals In Tajikistan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Tajikistan in partnership with Caritas Switzerland (Caritas) ) hosted a five-day visit for an organisation that raises money for school meals – the Canadian Earth Group – in Dushanbe and Muminabad 13 to 17 May 2017.

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Mosul: 200,000 more people could be displaced as battle nears Old City – UN

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Six family members fleeing the Mosul, Iraq, offensive, celebrate their new found freedoms, as they clamber out of the crowded truck packed with other families.

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Trump Administration Begins NAFTA Renegotiation Process

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says it has notified Congress it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.

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Fundamental rights in Hungary: MEPs call for triggering Article 7

The situation in Hungary justifies the triggering of the procedure which may result in sanctions for Hungary, MEPs say in a resolution adopted on Wednesday.

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US Extends Obama-era Nuclear Sanctions Relief for Iran

The Trump administration has announced that it will continue nuclear sanctions relief for Iran, keeping in place an Obama-era deal.

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Five-fold increase in number of refugee and migrant children traveling alone since 2010 – UNICEF

Ahead of G7, UNICEF urges world leaders to adopt six-point action agenda to keep refugee and migrant children safe

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Three children look out of a window on a train at a reception centre for refugees and migrants in Gevgelija, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in 2015.

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UNICEF joins tech giants in artificial intelligence group

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On 7 November 2014, health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in Sierra Leone.