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In phone calls on migration crisis, Ban urges European leaders to 'be voice of those in need of protection'
A child looks out of the window of a train near Gevgelija, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Families seeking refuge from conflict in their homelands are traveling by train from Gevgelija to the border with Serbia, after crossing the border with Greece.
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UNHCR applauds Austria and Germany as refugees march across Hungary
Syrian children wearing colourful blankets provided by Austrian volunteers and other refugees at dawn wait patiently for permission to take transport onwards into Austria.
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Europe's growing refugee and migration crisis on show in Hungary.
An angry confrontation between police and refugees on a blocked train just outside Budapest; a makeshift camp of stranded Syrians, Afghans and others at the capital's main railway station; more than 2,000 refugees crossing into the country from Serbia each day – the contours of Europe's refugee and migration crisis are growing and shifting.
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UK's plans for a paper-free health service at the point of care
UK has published detailed guidance to support clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to prepare plans – called local digital roadmaps - on how their local health and care areas will achieve the ambition of being paper-free at the point of care by 2020.
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Student returns to Somalia with dream of becoming a doctor
Rahma and her eight-year-old sister Kadra before embarking on their return journey in August, 2015.
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the child migrant and refugee crisis in Europe
“Heart-breaking images of children’s bodies washing up on the shores of Europe … lying suffocated in the backs of trucks crossing borders … being passed over barbed wire fences by desperate parents.
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Baghdad had highest level of civilian casualties in August – UN Iraq mission reports
Two small children who fled the escalating violence in Iraq (file photo).
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Backing UN ‘Agenda 2030,’ parliamentary leaders pledge to place democracy at service of sustainable development
President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Saber Chowdhury (right) with women speakers of parliament, who attended the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at UN Headquarters.
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Ukraine - aid delivered to area not controlled by govt for first time in weeks
Last weekend a convoy of 13 trucks successfully passed the cross line in Eastern Ukraine and arrived at Gorlovka.
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Director-General Irina Bokova expresses consternation at the destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra
“The destruction of Palmyra constitutes an intolerable crime against civilization but 4,500 years of history will never be erased,” the Director-General declared.
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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