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World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

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Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to...

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UN Security Council ‘utterly failed’ Syrian detainees; a victim voices her plea to ‘end impunity and stop this horror’

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Life is slowly returning to this street in the Juret Al-Shayah district of Homs, Syria....

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Bigotry makes politicians ‘complicit in the violence that follows’ : UN independent experts

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The “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on...

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Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

Foreign Minister Czaputowicz, Special Representative Gamba, civil society briefers Mariatu and Peter, excellencies, members of the Security Council:" I join you today in our shared and steadfast commitment to protect children affected by armed...

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