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Pedestrian waits to cross in Mumbai, India.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and delegations from African countries as well as the African Union, agreed on final steps to end the protracted Rwandan refugee situation after seven years of negotiations, on September 30.

UN Postal Administration unveils the commemorative stamp of M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian music legend on the 50th anniversary of her performance at the UN in 1966, during an event on the International Day of Non-Violence at the UN Headquarters on 2 October 2016. The first copy is presented to musician Sudha Raghunathan (left).

The refugee and migrant crisis and the potential of the OSCE and its parliamentarians to help mitigate the situation were the focus of debate on 2 October during the final session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meeting.

So many crises in the trans-Atlantic world are coming to a head that it is almost overwhelming: The financial sector faces an imminent new collapse—yet governments remain silent and do nothing. President Obama, with his veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism (JASTA) bill, has sided with Saudi Arabia against the victims of the 9/11 attacks, and thus exposed himself to possible impeachment.

More than 100,000 people living in the poor rural areas of the Kyrgyz Republic are expected to benefit from improved access to quality water and sanitation services thanks to US$23.5 million in financing for the Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project, approved on September 30, by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. US$12.92 million of this financing is a concessional credit, while US$ 10.58 million is a grant.

On September 30, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the launch of the new Special Drawing Right (SDR) valuation basket including the Chinese renminbi (RMB), and the new currency amounts that will determine the value of the SDR during the new valuation period.

Children ouside their tent in the western part of Aleppo city, Syria.

A boy from the al-Hamadaniyah neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with President Shimon Peres of Israel.