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Civilians remain at risk in South Sudan, despite peace agreements, Security Council told

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Displaced women sit in the ashes of their shelter which was burnt during the fighting and fires on 17 and 18 2016 February in the UN Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan.

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UN Secretary General says more help needed for Syrian refugees

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joins United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at a high-level conference in Geneva calling for more options for Syrian refugees.

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Schulz: A settlement in Cyprus would be a message of hope for all of Europe

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President Schulz addressing the House of Representatives of Cyprus

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UN calls for more 'equitable' responsibility-sharing to relieve plight of Syrian refugees

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Members of a Syrian family register as refugees in northern Lebanon.

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Food insecurity drives more South Sudanese to Sudan

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A displaced South Sudanese woman holds a foraged palm tree root near Thonyor, South Sudan.

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Yemen’s children on the brink as country risks becoming a failed state

Six children are killed or injured every day and children as young as 10 years old recruited to fight

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One in 10 Syrian refugees will need resettling, UN agency warns ahead of conference

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Syrian children, including one who is barefoot, stand atop the muddy ground in the Bab Al Salame camp for internally displaced persons, near the border with Turkey, in Aleppo Governorate.

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In Tunisia, Ban welcomes country's democratic progress

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia, at the Presidential Palace in Carthage, Tunisia.

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UN chief visits Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, meets Middle Eastern leaders in capital

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In Jordan’s Zaatari camp, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks with young refugees. 27 March, 2016. UN

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Chinese Legislature Pushes Forward China’s Leading Role

The March 5-16 annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, met at a most crucial moment in world history, as the failed trans-Atlantic system careened towards a near-term all-out economic collapse, while the flag of world leadership has been earned and won by a Eurasia-centered combination, spreading outwards from the China-Russia alliance, to India and the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) nations and the other powers of Eurasia.