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UN agency sounds alarm: Dwindling agrobiodiversity ‘severe threat’ to food security

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Villagers grow rain-fed rice in Beung Kiat Ngong wetlands, Lao People's Democratic Republic...

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‘No justification’ for attacks against civilians, UN envoy says on mounting cross-border violence in Gaza

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Rimal neighborhood in the centre of Gaza City with smoke rising after 4 May 2019 Israeli...

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Iraqis paying an ‘unthinkable price’ to be heard, UN envoy tells politicians in Baghdad

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UN Iraq Special Representative, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, visits Tahrir Square in Baghdad...

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Multilateralism must weather ‘challenges of today and tomorrow’ Guterres tells Paris Peace Forum

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Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Paris Peace Forum in Paris, France...

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