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Crisis ‘far from over’ as malnutrition, thirst and disease threaten lives of millions of children in north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
Angelina Nyanin, 25, holds her niece, Nyalel Gatcauk, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, as a UNICEF nutrition worker measures her arm during a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) mission in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan.
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Global narcotics market 'thriving;' range of available drugs diversifying at alarming pace – UN
Drug seizures, South Africa.
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South Sudan famine ebbs, but situation still desperate as hunger spreads
Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan.
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As crises multiply, UN revises annual aid appeal to assist over 100 million around the world
A medical worker registers young patients in the small rural village of An-Nassiri, located about 60 km from Al Hudaydah, Yemen. Only 45 per cent of health facilities in the war-torn country are currently functioning.
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World population to hit 9.8 billion by 2050, despite nearly universal lower fertility rates – UN
A view of passengers aboard trains connecting the suburbs of Kolkata, India.
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Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on returns to northeast Nigeria
I am extremely worried that large numbers of Nigerian refugees hosted in Cameroon are again returning to northeast Nigeria - into a situation dangerously unprepared to receive them.
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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in Nairobi, appeals for child refugees
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets children and siblings of vulnerable female refugees in Nairobi.
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Turkey: changing the constitution could end up in freezing EU accession talks
Turkey’s EU accession talks should be suspended if the proposed changes to the constitution go ahead, committee MEPs recommended on Tuesday.
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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day 2017
On June 20, World Refugee Day, we honour the resilience and courage of more than 65 million people who have been forced to flee war, persecution and violence. But it’s also a moment to recognise those communities and people around the world who receive refugees and the internally displaced in their midst, offering them a safe place, and welcoming them in their schools, their workplaces and their societies.
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On World Refugee Day, UN urges support, solidarity for record number of displaced people
After three days on the road, South Sudanese refugees arrive at the newly constructed Gure Shembola Camp in Ethiopia.
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Human Rights
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
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020