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Who Was the Las Vegas Shooter ?
Las Vegas police have identified Stephen Paddock, 64, from Mesquite, Nevada, as the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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Nigerian Educator honoured at 2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony
The UN Refugee Agency, on October 2, UNHCR today honoured Zannah Mustapha with the 2017 Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony in Geneva for founding a school in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.
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WFP Cuts Food Rations For Refugees In Kenya Amidst Funding Shortfalls
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will cut food rations by 30 percent for the 420,000 refugees in living in Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya due to insufficient funding.
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UNICEF appeals for US$76.1 million to assist children affected by the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
UNICEF is launching a US$76.1 million appeal for its emergency humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh.
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'Nothing enduring can be built on violence,' UN Assembly President says, recalling words of Gandhi
The “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on display at the UN Visitors’ Plaza.
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For Yemenis and migrants, protracted conflict an 'endless nightmare' – head of UN agency
A suspected cholera patient is rushed into Al Joumhouri Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen.
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Tapping into talents of older persons can boost Global Goals, says UN on International Day
Women in Liberia.
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In Bangladesh, UN food relief agency chief urges support amid massive Rohingya influx
Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar area, Bangladesh.
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UN Human Rights Council wraps current session, adopts texts on Myanmar, Yemen, Burundi
The Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva.
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UNICEF setting up hundreds of new learning centres for Rohingya refugee children
On 29 September 2017, students with their teacher at the Child Learning Centre at the Unchiprang Makeshift Camp in Cox Bazar.
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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