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The consequences of malnutrition – including lost labourers, healthcare expenses and lower productivity – cost Pakistan US$7.6 billion, or 3 percent of GDP, every year, according to a new report launched by the Pakistan Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat at the Ministry of Planning Development & Reform, in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

Migrants detained behind bars at a detention centre in Libya. When the photo was taken on 31 January 2017, the population consisted of 27 women (4 of whom were pregnant), one 11-month old child, a 4-year-old, and 1,352 males - of which 250 were under 16.

Two children carry water in Leer, Unity State in South Sudan, parts of which have been declared as famine-affected.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed addresses the Operational Activities for Development Segment of ECOSOC.

Montenegro is the most advanced EU accession candidate country, which in 2016 had to face Russian attempts to discredit its achievements, noted Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday. They also reviewed last year’s reform efforts in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, urging the future government to step up the pace of reform and stay on the EU track.

Ukrainian citizens will be able to travel to the EU visa free under an informal deal struck by Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday. Once the change enters into force, and provided they have biometric passports, they will be able to enter the EU for up to 90 days in any 180-day-period for business, tourist or family purposes.

A family fleeing violence in western Mosul receives much-needed food assistance upon arriving in Hamam Al Alil, a town south of Mosul.

Contributing a total of €6 million, the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGDC) has helped the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) provide crucial air transport services for the humanitarian community across Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Yemen in 2016 and will continue to support services through 2017.

The Government of Samoa, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, and the Government of Australia on February 24 launched the Savai’i component of the new $57.4 million submarine cable system, which will deliver affordable high-speed internet access to Samoa.

A Military Liaison Officer of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), looks through binoculars during a ceasefire monitoring patrol in Oum Dreyga, Western Sahara (June 2010).