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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).

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Document 17 and the Battle for the Truth About 9/11

Every commissioner and key investigator into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, in which 2,977 innocent Americans were killed, has not only demanded that President Obama declassify and publicly release the 28-page chapter from the original Joint Congressional Inquiry, providing leads on the role of the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family in 9/11. They have also demanded the full declassification of all of the still-classified files from the Joint Inquiry and the follow-on 9/11 Commission.

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Yemen talks 'moving forward towards peace', UN envoy reports

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Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed

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With Syrian truce ‘barely alive,’ UN envoy urges Russia and United States to help revitalize talks

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a press conference at the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Sahrawi women to get behind the wheel at new driving school

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All-women driving school founders Mana, left, and Ghalia, right, proudly pose next to their car.

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Greek couple offers a welcome haven to Syrian family

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Fatima, 34, has two small children, Kharuan and Kaphin. Thanks to a Greek family she has found a new life after fleeing Syria and war.

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UNESCO experts take preliminary stock of destruction in World Heritage site of Palmyra

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Destruction in World Heritage site of Palmyra (April 2016)

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Ban welcomes ‘change in strategy and mindset’ as UN adopts landmark resolutions on peacebuilding

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The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. The General Assembly also adopted a substantively identical resolution, with the two resolutions providing renewed momentum for the focus on ‘sustaining peace’ within the UN system.

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BAKU: UN Global Forum ends with renewed commitment to create inclusive societies

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A view of Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame through Athens

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Ibrahim Al-Hussein carries the Olympic torch inside the Eleonas temporary accommodation site in Athens.