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As war enters 7th year, UNHCR warns Syria is ‘at a crossroads’

While there are some hopes for peace, the needs and suffering of millions of Syrians continue unabated; Syrian war is a ‘collective failure.’

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Syrian refugee Nasreen Ahmed Sweii poses in Tripoli, in North Lebanon, in this March 2014 portrait. She fled her family home in Homs, Syria, with her four children after her husband was killed.

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Tajani: “Europe needs to be changed not weakened”

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Antonio Tajani at the summit

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WFP Provides School Meals To Syrian Children Across Aleppo City

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WFP is providing school meals each day to more than 17,000 children in Aleppo. School meals are vital to bring children back to school in Syria, and ensure every child has access to education, health and nutrition.

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Government Of Japan Announced USD 7 Million To UNHCR, WFP

The government of Japan has announced a contribution of USD 7 million to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and World Food Programme (WFP) to support the Afghan Refugees and host communities in Pakistan.

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UNICEF mourns deaths of young girls in Guatemala shelter, calls for end of institutionalization of children

Statement attributable to Maria Cristina Perceval, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

“We are deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of more than 20 girls in the Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción shelter in Guatemala as a result of a fire in which many others were injured. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and to the people of Guatemala.

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UN announces new approach to 'stamp out' sexual exploitation and abuse

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Left to right: Nancee Bright (Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict), Lisa Buttenheim (Department of Field Support), Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, and Christian Saunders (Department of Management), brief the media on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse.

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On International Day, UN calls for women's full participation in labour force

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Students of Computer Sciences at Khowaja Institute of Information Technology in Pakistan. Photo: Visual News Associates/World Bank; Rural Women's Cooperative in Guinea. Photo: UN Women/Joe Saade; Women entrepreneurs, workers and small business owners, Lebanon.

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UN human rights experts call for global treaty to regulate dangerous pesticides

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Tropical smallholder farmers do not always use protective gear while handling pesticides.

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National polio immunization campaign reaches five million children in Yemen as conflict intensifies

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A girl is administered a dose of oral poliovirus vaccine in Sana’a, Yemen, Monday 9 November 2015.

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Empowerment Of Rural Women Is Fundamental For Achieving 2030 Agenda

Leaders from the three UN Rome-based agencies marked International Women’s Day by reinforcing their commitments to step up efforts to invest in the capacities of rural women as key agents of change in building a world without hunger on Mar 08.