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UN peacekeepers in Bria, Central African Republic.

Families displaced by the Mosul offensive receive ready-to-eat food and hot meals from WFP upon entry into camps. This family is also making bread using flour that was given by WFP, along with other food items.

The Ambassador of Japan to Mauritania, H.E. Hisatsugu Shimizu, visited Mbera camp from 21 to 23 November to have a first-hand account of Japan-funded interventions carried out by the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to assist Malian refugees in Mauritania. The Ambassador also attended the inauguration of a Mali-Mauritania border post – a Japanese-funded project, built by the International Organisation for Migration and aimed at strengthening security in the area.

Displaced girl suffering from malnutrition in Kuya camp, Monsuno, Nigeria.

Michael Simpson, Executive Director, Secure World Foundation (left); Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) (centre); and Mohammed Nasser Al-AHBABI, of the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (right).

The security in and around Europe is deteriorating, while there are concerns over the incoming USA administration's commitment to backing Europeans' security through Nato. This week MEPs approve several measures to facilitate cooperation on defence and security within the EU. They also reiterated calls for EU countries to devote 2% of their gross domestic product to spending on defence.

“The new peace agreement signed today between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC, holds out hope that vast numbers of people displaced within their own country can finally return home, on November 24. We warmly welcome the firm commitment of both sides to end the longest armed conflict in Latin America.

All parties to the conflict in Syria should ensure humanitarian aid access throughout the country and cease bombing civilians, urge MEPs. Those responsible for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law should "sooner or later" face justice, they add in a resolution voted on Thursday.

Propaganda pressure on the EU from Russia and Islamist terrorist groups is growing, MEPs warn in a resolution voted on Wednesday. It seeks to distort the truth, incite fear, provoke doubt and divide the EU. To counteract anti-EU campaigns, MEPs suggest reinforcing the EU’s tiny “strategic communication” task force and investing more in awareness raising, education, online and local media, investigative journalism and information literacy.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Pakistan signed a landmark, three-year agreement to research and identify the most cost-effective strategies to improve the nutrition status of children between 6 and 23 months of age who are covered through social protection systems on Nov 23. The agreement was signed by WFP, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and the Primary and Secondary Health Department in Punjab.