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News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck

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A pile of life vests used by refugees and migrants while crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey lie discarded on a beach in the Greek island of Lesvos, in November 2015.

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Continuing access restrictions by the de facto authorities in Gaza add to humanitarian concerns, 29 March 2017

In the aftermath of the killing of a Hamas member on 24 March in Gaza City by unknown assailants, the Palestinian de facto authorities in Gaza are imposing new access restrictions, citing security reasons, which are negatively impacting already vulnerable sectors in Gaza. These restrictions are taking place before the upcoming Israeli national and religious holidays when the opening hours of the Israeli-controlled passenger and goods crossings are normally reduced.

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WFP Working With Government And Partners To Launch Five-Year Strategic Plan In China

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), working in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture in People’s Republic of China and other partners, are embarking upon a five-year Strategic Plan in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2, a world with zero hunger by 2030.

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Joint rapid response teams reach more than 30,000 children under-five

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Angelina Nyanin, 25, holds her niece, Nyalel Gatcauk, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, as a UNICEF nutrition worker measures her arm during a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) mission in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan

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27 million people lack safe water in countries facing or at risk of famine

Unsafe water as deadly to severely malnourished children as lack of food

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A girl sits at a water tap with a jerry cans lined up in a queue outside a private business on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan.

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Supporting Syrian refugees not only an act 'of generosity' but also of 'enlightened self-interest' – UN chief

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres with students at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

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Republic Of Korea Support Enables WFP To Scale Up Innovative Food Security Monitoring Systems

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Near East and North Africa: Conflicts threaten to erode gains in region’s zero-hunger battle

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An Egyptian farmer feeding cows fresh fodder.

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Possessing nuclear weapons ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with world's aspiration for peace – UN official

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An atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, on 1 November 1952.

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Time is running out for children as famine, drought and war threaten millions

UNICEF says children can’t wait, with urgent request for nearly $255 million to respond to immediate needs in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

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UNICEF Nutrition Officer Judy Jurua Michael (centre) weighs 13-month-old Alakaii during a malnutrition screening at Gabat Center, a UNICEF-supported Outpatient Therapeutic Program in Aweil, South Sudan, Monday 13 March 2017.