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UN envoy maps out 'ideal trajectory' to next round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva

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Security Council meeting on Middle East (Syria).

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UN agency saves 600 stranded migrants in Sahara Desert, but 52 dead in Niger

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Walking through desert.

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Investments in poor children save more lives per dollar spent, new UNICEF study says

Unless the world makes faster progress on reducing child mortality, by 2030 almost 70 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthday

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Two-year-old Shakaira Chitano is held by her mother, as she is prescribed a course of medication to treat malaria from Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) Noah Chipeta at the Chanthuntha community clinic in rural Kasungu District, Malawi, 30 May 2017

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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

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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

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Primary Seismic Station PS21.

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China: Don't Return 5 Refugees to North Korea

Don't Send North Koreans Back to Horrific Prison Camp System

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

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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

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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

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A ‘Solidarity Summit’ for refugees hosted by Uganda has raised some $358 million in pledges, the United Nations announced on Jun 23.