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In Seoul, Ban spotlights role of young people and technology in future development agenda

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Seoul Digital Forum.

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Ban announces ‘inclusive consultations’ on Yemen; urges good faith engagement

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Children play as a donkey cart passes destroyed buildings in the Al-Ora's neighbourhood of Zinjibar, Yemen.

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Rapid assessments in Yemen find desperate situation for displaced civilians

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A truckload full of UNHCR aid in Yemen.

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UNHCR says time running out for stranded boat people; urges South-east Asian governments to act

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Indonesian fishermen have rescued hundreds of Bangladeshis and Rohingya from Myanmar this month, including these children.

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UN chief announces rare visit to DPR Korea, aiming to help boost cooperation on Peninsula

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Sixth Asia Leadership Conference, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia

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A rescued boat woman and her two children eat some welcome food at a centre in Kuala Cangkoi, Indonesia.

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First UN flights brings emergency aid to Yemen

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The first UNHCR flights bringing urgently needed aid to war-ravaged Yemen arrived in Sana'a on Friday. Up to four more flights will follow in coming days with blankets, kitchen sets and sleeping mats from UNHCR stockpiles in Dubai.

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UN provides assistance as diarrhoea outbreak leaves seven Burundi refugees dead at Tanzania camp

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UNHCR is working to relocate thousands of Burundians who have fled to Tanzanian territory on Lake Tanganyika, using an old ferry that can carry a maximum of 600 people.

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Civilians in Yarmouk facing vulnerability of ‘highest severity,’ says UN agency

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Children queue up at the UNRWA medical point in Yalda.

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Children killed, abducted and raped in South Sudan attacks – UNICEF

Dozens of children have been killed, at least 12 raped and others abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State over a two-week period, according to eyewitness accounts received by UNICEF.