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Special Envoy Angelina Jolie renews UNHCR contract, says ‘I’m with you for life’

During a visit to the UN Refugee Agency’s headquarters in Geneva, Jolie urged staff to step forward and ‘say who we are and who we fight for and work even harder.’

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets with UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie.

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At Security Council, UN officials urge governments to implement rules on prosecuting traffickers

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Young women in Colombia forced into sexual exploitation.

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Peace in Syria an imperative ‘that cannot wait,’ UN chief Guterres says as war enters seventh year

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Over the past 6 years of the war in Syria, access to health services for the civilian population in the country has seriously deteriorated.

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UN launches 'Platform of Champions' calling to end global gender pay gap

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The Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions at the UN General Hall on 13 March 2016.

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Remembering the victims of Syria’s brutal war

As the conflict marks a sixth calamitous anniversary, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi calls for remembrance of those who have suffered most.

On the sixth anniversary of Syria’s conflict, we must remember those who are suffering most from this calamity – the 4.9 million refugees, the 6.3 million people displaced internally and the millions more inside Syria living in daily fear of this war and the inhumanity it has created.

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WFP Appeals For Access And Resources To Prevent Famine In Yemen

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UN Commission on Status of Women opens with calls for more men to stand up for equality

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Professor Amivi Kafui Tete-Benissan (left) teaches cell biology and biochemistry at the University of Lomé, in the capital of Togo.

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Hitting rock bottom: Children's suffering in Syria at its worst - UNICEF

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On 5 August 2016 in Aleppo city in the Syrian Arab Republic, displaced families from Reyadeh and 1070 neighbourhoods take shelter at the Teshreen Kindergarten in western Aleppo city.

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UK's jetty completion marks major milestone in Carrier works

Work to ready a historic jetty at Her Majesty’s Naval Dockyard Portsmouth for the arrival of the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy has been completed.

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This is a major milestone in preparations at the naval base where £100m has been invested by UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).

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U.S, Turkish, Russian Defense Chiefs Meet to Discuss Syrian Battlespace

It is a measure of the success indigenous and coalition forces have experienced against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria that a meeting of the chiefs of defense from the United States, Turkey and Russia was needed, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on March 10.