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Donors pledge $670 million at UN-backed conference to support aid operations in Lake Chad region
People living in the Melia IDP camp, Lake Chad, receiving WFP food. Most of the displaced come from the Lake Chad islands, that have been abandoned because of insecurity.
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EU Support Allows WFP To Provide For More Malian Refugees In Mauritania
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a vital injection of €1.5 million from the European Union to help meet the food needs of Malian refugees in Mauritania.
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Italy Donates EUR 1 Million To WFP And UNICEF For People Affected By Conflict In Eastern Ukraine
The Government of Italy has donated EUR 1 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF to assist people affected by the conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2017.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets children and families affected by Boko Haram violence on Niger trip
Orlando Bloom speaks with Eta, 12, Bosso, Niger, 19 February 2017. Two years ago Boko Haram forced into her family home and lined them up in the courtyard, looking for her father and threatening to kill everyone if they didn’t give him up. They fled.
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Only when the government takes off its mask can Taiwan move forward on human rights
The Review Meeting of the ROC’s 2nd Report Under the ICCPR & ICESCR was held at the Evergreen International Convention Center on Jan. 16-18, 2017
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Tackling hunger crises in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen requires $4.4 billion – UN
A community health worker with UNICEF partner Swiss-Kaalmo, based in Salamey Idale IDP camp in Somalia, goes door to door to spread health messages to mothers and children living in the camp.
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Business-as-usual not an option with future global food security in jeopardy, cautions UN agency
Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric. Bheri Ganga village, Surkhet district, western Nepal.
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Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director, urging all parties at Geneva talks to put Syria’s children first
On 5 August 2016 in Aleppo city in the Syrian Arab Republic, a child with spinal muscular atrophy who needs special medical care, now lives on the streets of western Aleppo city, after fleeing with her family from attacks and intense fighting.
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Life-saving support urgently needed in Greater Unity region
On 17 February 2017 in Juba, Hellen Maneno holds her baby Emmanuel Laki, a child with severe malnutrition, at the malnutrition ward in Al Shabbab hospital in Juba, South Sudan.
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'Time lost means lives lost,' warns UN aid chief, releasing funds to tackle drought in Ethiopia
In February 2016, villagers gather at the Ula Arba water point, in Ziway Dugda Woreda, Arsi zone Oromia region, Ethiopia.
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Human Rights
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
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020