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Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue, UNICEF chief says at end of Gaziantep trip
On 6 March 2020 at the Kahramanmaras Temporary Accommodation Center in Turkey, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore sits with first grade Syrian Arab Republic students attending classes.
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UNHCR, partners seek US$621 million to support DRC refugees and hosting communities
Refugee women from the Democratic Republic of the Congo walk towards the market in Mantapala Settlement, Zambia.
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Cease-Fire Pact Remains in Effect in Syria’s Idlib
The cease-fire deal in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib remains in effect Sunday.
The pact is between Turkey, which backs some rebel groups, and Russia, which backs the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Panama sees more than seven-fold increase in number of migrant children crossing through Darien Gap
Romeu Mauricio and his son Jetfro (3) crossing the Darien dividing Colombia and Panama.
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US Sanctions Nicaraguan Police
The U.S. Thursday slapped sanctions on Nicaragua’s national police and three top police commissioners for what it calls serious human rights abuses against anti-government demonstrators.
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UN appeals for US$877 million for Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee children queue to draw water from a well in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, June 2018.
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UNICEF, WFP chiefs wrap up two-day visit to Syria, see impact of conflict on children and families
On 3 March 2020 in the Syrian Arab Republic, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley (seated, centre) and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore (standing, second from right) visit with third grade children at Tal-Amara school in southern rural Idlib. The 9-year-old students have witnessed nothing but conflict, as they are the same age as the crisis. Many have not been able to enroll in formal education before. The school is the only elementary school in Tal-Amara village. With support from UNICEF, the school is providing 130 children with formal education and an accelerated learning programme (Curriculum B) for children who have missed out on years of education. The school is also part of WFP’s School Feeding Programme in the Sinjar subdistrict.
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Five years since Abidjan Declaration, West Africa leads on reduction of statelessness in Africa
After growing up with no official nationality in an orphanage, now Françoise (left) and Christel are proud citizens of Cote d’Ivoire.
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25 years of uneven progress: Despite gains in education, world still a violent, highly discriminatory place for girls
Shushmita Rani and her friend Binky at primary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Lack of quality data compounds risks facing millions of refugee and migrant children
On 10 December 2014 outside of La Casa del Migrante, a catholic shelter that supports migrants near the Lechería Train Station, in the municipality of Tultitlan, State of Mexico, Maria [NAME CHANGED], 16 (on right), from Honduras travels north with her younger siblings, expecting to cross the border to the United States to reunite with her family.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020