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UN report cites possible war crimes by both Israel and Palestinian groups in 2014 Gaza conflict

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Mary McGowan Davis, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, at press conference in Geneva.

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As Burundi elections draw near, Ban sends Special Envoy in support of regional efforts

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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

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A WFP food distribution point in Yemen.

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UN warns of ‘record high’ 60 million displaced amid expanding global conflicts

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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

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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

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Global Trends 2014

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Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan – UNICEF chief

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on brutal violence against children in South Sudan

“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

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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

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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

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A Syrian refugee lifts a little girl over a broken border fence into Turkish territory, near the Turkish Akcakale border crossing to Sanliurfa province.