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UN conference adopts treaty banning nuclear weapons

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The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building, later preserved as a monument - known as the Genbaku Dome - at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.

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DR Congo’s economy loses over $1 billion to child undernutrition, finds UN-backed study

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A baby has the circumference of the middle of the upper left arm measured for signs of malnutrition. The red (12cm)area is severe malnutrition, the yellow (13cm) is moderate malnutrition and the green (14cm) is good.

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Mastercard And The World Food Programme Announce 100 Million Meals Commitment

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At UN, panel probing chemical weapons use in Syria urges independence

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Edmond Mulet, Head of the Security Council Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria.

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In Myanmar, UN refugee chief calls for solutions to displacement and exclusion

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Children walk on a path between shelters at a camp for displaced people in Rakhine State, Myanmar, Thursday 6 April 2017. Most of the the displaced people are women and children.

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Funding shortfalls threaten education for children living in conflict and disaster zones

UNICEF has received only 12 per cent of the funds it needs this year to send children affected by emergencies to school

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A girl smiles as she attends a class at the School of Peace at the Kousseri internally displaced peoples site in the Lake Region, Chad.

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Palestine: EU police mission and EU border assistance mission extended for 12 months

The Council has extended the mandate of the EU co-ordinating office for Palestinian police support (EUPOL COPPS), as well as the mandate of the EU border assistance mission for the Rafah crossing point (EU BAM Rafah), until 30 June 2018. These missions are part of wider EU efforts in support of Palestinian state building in the context of working towards a comprehensive resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution.

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Rising cholera, diarrhoea and malnutrition 'deadly' for children in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Sudan, warns UNICEF

Two boys, one 16 years old and the other 12, collect water from a damaged pipe on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan. The water is pumped from the White Nile River, but is untreated, risking the health of those who consume it.

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Over 7 million children are on the move in West and Central Africa each year

Vast majority of child migrants uprooted by violence, poverty and climate change remain in Africa

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A boy walks on the sand bank surrounding M'Bera refugee camp, Mauritania.

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Turning national pledges into action crucial in fight against hunger, stresses head of UN agency

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Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric. Bheri Ganga village, Surkhet district, western Nepal.