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Two boys are cheered by their friends during a long-jump competition at UNRRA-run El Shatt camp for Yugoslav refugees, near the north-eastern port city of Suez. 18 months before, they were snipers shooting at invading German soldiers in the Bosnian region.

Wide view of the Security Council Chamber.

António Guterres of Portugal.

On 1 December, displaced children pick up boxes of winter clothing at a UNICEF-supported distribution on Sinjar Mountain in Ninewa Governorate, Iraq.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR), alongside other humanitarian agencies in Aleppo, is delivering a comprehensive response to meet the needs of the newly displaced from the Eastern part of Aleppo.

Parliament´s rapporteur for the proposal, Agustín Díaz de Mera (EPP, ES), noted that “the changes agreed provide flexibility for the rapid activation of the suspension mechanism”. He also underlined that the deal “will facilitate the immediate consideration of the two visa liberalization proposals for Georgia and Ukraine.”

On 10 October 2016 in Jérémie, Haiti, a toddler rests near collapsed homes on top of a hill.

A girl crosses a street in the city of Sirte, Libya. Much of the city was destroyed during weeks of fighting there.

A three-day simulation exercise (SIMEX) on early warning, emergency preparedness, response and capacity building for natural disasters concluded in Kathmandu on Dec 08. The exercise was organized by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA).

WFP welcomed a contribution of JPY 300 million (US$ 2.8 million) made by the Government of Japan to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help reduce food insecurity and undernutrition and increase resilience among the most vulnerable communities in Myanmar on Dec 07.