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World Bank Approves New Funding for Philippines’ Social Safety Net

Conditional Cash Transfer Program gets $450 Million

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a new financing package to support the continued implementation of the Pantawid Pamilya, the Philippines’ conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.

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UNHCR stresses asylum right of Mozambicans fleeing to Malawi

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UNHCR staff brief new arrivals from Mozambique on the registration process in Kapise village in Mwanza district.

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How to make the integration of refugees into the labour market work

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Brando Benifei is writing a report on how to integrate refugees into the labour market

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Grandi meets with Syrian refugees at Berlin centre

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Sabha Isa, Ahmad, and their children Hamzeh and Alma meet Filippo Grandi at their temporary home in Berlin.

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South Sudan: UN condemns violence in Malakal civilian protection site

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Civilians flee the violence that erupted in the Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan.

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Two years on, Ukraine conflict affects over half a million children - UNICEF

Over 200,000 children need psychosocial support

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Children write on the blackboard at a school in the village of Staromykhailovka, which is on the frontline between the cities of Donetsk and Mariyanovka Ukraine.

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New trust fund launched by UN and Colombian Government for peacebuilding needs

The United Nations and the Government of Colombia on 17 February announced the launch of a new multi-partner trust fund in the country’s capital, Bogotá, to respond to stabilization and peacebuilding needs.

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Life-saving humanitarian aid reaches five besieged towns in Syria – UN

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In Madaya, Syria, local community members help offload and distribute humanitarian aid supplies.

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OSCE works to develop co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in countering illicit trafficking in New Psychoactive Substances

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Representatives of law enforcement agencies from Eastern Europe and experts from international organizations during a discussion on greater co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the increasing spread of new psychoactive substances, Minsk, 17 February 2016.

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Yemen: UN envoy calls on Security Council to support efforts towards cessation of hostilities

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The aftermath of a bombing by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.