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WHO/UNICEF highlight need to further reduce gaps in access to improved drinking water and sanitation

Since 1990, almost 2 billion people globally have gained access to improved sanitation, and 2.3 billion have gained access to drinking-water from improved sources. Some 1.6 billion of these people have piped water connecti...

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Cambodia: Steung Meanchey Trial Deeply Flawed

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Cambodian security forces open fire during unr...

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With Somalia again 'on precipice of crisis', UN relief official appeals for urgent funding

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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) liberated the town of Hudur, Somalia, fr...

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UN counts on Catholic Church to help promote dignity for all, Ban tells Pope Francis

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Secretary-General had Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, with CEB members.

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