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UNICEF: Give children better protection under revised EU asylum procedures

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Children outside refugee tents, 8 March 2016, in Idomeni, Greece.

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No corner of Aleppo is being spared, Security Council told, as UN officials urge end to ‘carnage’ in Syria

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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman addresses the Security Council meeting on Syria.

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Budget woes ‘costly distraction,’ Ban says, urging reliable funding for UN Palestine refugee agency

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UNRWA delivers humanitarian aid to civilians in Yalda, including those displaced from Yarmouk camp in Syria.

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Syrian refugee carries Olympic torch through Brasilia

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Syrian refugee Hanan Dacka takes part in the 2016 Olympic Games torch relay in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 3rd, 2016.

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Security Council demands protection for hospitals and health workers in conflict zones

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nurse taking care of an infant child in an incubator at the Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sana’a. Hospitals and clinics in Yemen have been paralyzed by the war: they have either been attacked, run out of medical supplies and fuel or the medical staff have been forced to flee.

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Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned

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From left to right: Abdulrahman, aged three, sits on the laps of his father Yasin, 24. They are among 41 survivors of a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in mid-April causing the death of hundreds on board.

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Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

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Cate Blanchett meets young Syrian refugees at Mazboud Community Center in Lebanon, in this May 2015 file photograph.

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Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state

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A displaced woman stands in a temporary longhouse shelter in Minbya township, Rakhine State, Myanmar.

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Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching

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105 tonnes of ivory from over 7,000 elephants and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn was burned in Nairobi, Kenya, on 30 April 2016, in an urgent call to action to end the poaching crisis.

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'Now is the time for implementation,' Ban urges session on integrating UN sustainability agenda

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left) addresses the 2016 Integration Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).