World
The challenges to ending displacement in Nigeria
Angèle Dikongué-Atangana, UNHCR Representative in Nigeria.
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Terrorist attacks: MEPs demand more information-sharing and coordination in EU
The urgent need to step up information-sharing among EU member states and between them and Europol to fight terrorism, the work on the Passenger Name Records data (EU PNR) proposal and the de-radicalisation of EU citizens joining terrorist organisations were among the topics discussed by MEPs with Europol chief Rob Wainwright and Council and Commission representatives on Thursday.
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Settling Israeli-Palestinian conflict would help curb terrorism, says UN Middle East envoy
In At Tur, near Al Maqassad hospital in East Jerusalem, one of several roadblocks, placed by Israeli forces in October 2015 in Palestinian neighbourhoods, as the wave of violence across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel continued.
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Universal Children’s Day: Why fair matters
The world remains a deeply unfair place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, according to a UNICEF report released on November 20.
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Revised EU Neighbourhood Policy must focus on security and migration, say MEPs
MEPs called on Wednesday for more focus on migration and security and more flexibility in the revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), after foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and neighbourhood policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn presented their proposals for a new ENP to the foreign affairs committee.
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Yemen: UN warns humanitarian situation has deteriorated 'drastically' as conflict claims 5,700 lives
WHO has so far delivered 960,000 liters of safe water to the population of Al-Mothafar, Sala and Al-Qahera district of Taiz City, Yemen.
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Children’s futures being compromised as violence escalates in Burundi, says UNICEF
Children risk bearing the brunt of an escalation in violence in Burundi, UNICEF warned on November 18, noting that the crisis has already left 17 children dead and many more injured.
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German Foreign Minister: "There are no obvious recipes for tackling terrorism"
Frank-Walter Steinmeier during the meeting with the foreign affairs committee
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Asylum-seekers await application results at historic Berlin airport
Asylum-seekers stay in temporary accommodation in one of three huge hangars at Berlin Tempelhof Airport.
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UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić in the processing centre at Presevo where refugees are registered.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020