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As Burundi elections draw near, Ban sends Special Envoy in support of regional efforts
UNICEF Tanzania and partners are working hard to provide lifesaving medicines, medical supplies, cholera beds, buckets, blankets and vaccines as refugees from Burundi continue to arrive in high numbers.
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Yemen facing serious food insecurity as conflict deteriorates, new UN study finds
A WFP food distribution point in Yemen.
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UN warns of ‘record high’ 60 million displaced amid expanding global conflicts
Hundreds of refugees and migrants aboard a fishing boat moments before being rescued by the Italian Navy in June 2014.
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As UN-backed talks continue, Security Council calls for political solution to Libyan crisis
Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino León briefs reporters in Skhirat, Morocco.
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Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase
Global Trends 2014
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Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan – UNICEF chief
“The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a new level of brutality.
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‘Essential shifts’ needed for UN to tackle new peacekeeping challenges, report reveals
Special intervention brigade forces from Tanzania, part of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - MONUSCO, on duty in Sake, North Kivu (July 2013).
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South Sudan: amid ‘intensifying’ crisis, UN and European Union mobilize $275 million in aid
In Pathai, a settlement in Jonglei State, South Sudan, persons displaced by conflict await registration for food distribution.
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Some 23,000 refugees flee latest Syria fighting into southern Turkey
A Syrian refugee lifts a little girl over a broken border fence into Turkish territory, near the Turkish Akcakale border crossing to Sanliurfa province.
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UNHCR calls for urgent European support for Greece
A child sleeps outside the screening centre at Moria on Lesvos. Refugees and migrants live in tents outside the screening centre here until there is a space available to accommodate them inside.
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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