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WFP Launches ShareTheMeal Campaign To Raise 150,000 Meals For Children In Haiti To Mark Canada’s 150th Anniversary
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched the #ASK1TOASK1 campaign, asking all Canadians to join the challenge to raise 150,000 meals for children in Haiti through the ShareTheMeal app to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary on Jun 26.
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On International Day Against Drug Abuse, UN urges collective action to realize global commitments
A staff member of the Liberia National Police Anti-Drug Squad reviews the municipal dump outside Monrovia, Liberia.
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Experts head to Vienna to discuss advances in monitoring, verification under UN nuclear test-ban treaty
Primary Seismic Station PS21.
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China: Don't Return 5 Refugees to North Korea
China should immediately release five North Korean refugees held in Chinese detention and agree not to return them to North Korea, where they would face grave danger, Human Rights Watch said on June 24, 2017. China should protect the five refugees and let them travel to safety in a third country, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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With hidden lives vital to our own, 'seafarers matter,' says UN on International Day
In Haiti, Security Council spotlights opportunities for country's reform towards stability and development
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Security 'number one concern' of displaced Iraqis seeking to return home – UN study
An Iraqi woman and her son, internally displaced from Mosul, stand beside a water truck on the road leading past the Garmava transit camp.
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More than $350 million pledged for refugees in Uganda; 'A good start, we cannot stop,' says UN chief
A ‘Solidarity Summit’ for refugees hosted by Uganda has raised some $358 million in pledges, the United Nations announced on Jun 23.
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WFP Welcomes Contribution From USA To Support Pakistanis In Need
The most vulnerable people in Pakistan will continue to receive assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanks to a contribution of US$25 million from the United States government. The donation was announced by the “Food for Peace” Office of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and will allow WFP to carry on with programmes providing food, cash and education for families in the poorest parts of Pakistan, as well as working to improve the nutrition of women and children throughout the country.
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Saudi Dates Offer Nutritional Boost To Three West African Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes the contribution, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, of 250 metric tonnes of dates, worth US$ 650,000, which will give a nutritional boost to more than 130,000 hungry and vulnerable people in Chad, Mauritania and Burkina Faso this Ramadan season.
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5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases as rainy season hits communities affected by Lake Chad crisis
On 13 June 2017, children play in a flooded street caused by recent rains in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
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
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020