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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a wreath laying ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

UN peacekeepers in Liberia.

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos arrives for a briefing to the Security Council on Syria.

Ban Ki-moon during his speech at the European Parliament o

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid met the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Human Rights and Security and Defence subcommittees on Thursday to discuss the latest developments in his country. Security challenges, fighting terrorism and tackling migration flows were the key issues raised in the debate.

A crowd of journalists in Maluku transit camp, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where citizens of that country, deported from Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, have gathered. (23 May 2014).

The lives of nearly a quarter of a million children are at significant risk as food and nutrition security rapidly deteriorate in parts of South Sudan, UNICEF said on May 27. The crisis comes as a result of ongoing conflict, diminished household food stocks and a shrinking economy.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered more than 21 tonnes of critical life-saving medicines and medical/surgical supplies to Yemen.

More women and children have been used as suicide bombers in Northeast Nigeria in the first five months of this year than during the whole of last year, according to reports collated by UNICEF.