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WFP Executive Board Welcomes Appointment Of David Beasley As New Head

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David Beasley.

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UN chief confirms the remains found in DRC those of the two missing experts

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An aerial view of the town of Kananga in DRC’s Kasaï-Central province outside which the remains of the two experts were found.

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UNICEF hails new Italian law to protect unaccompanied refugee and migrant children as model for Europe

Italian parliament passes law following lobbying efforts and release of UNICEF’s “Child Alert: A Deadly Journey for Children”

UNICEF welcomes the Italian Parliament for passing an historic law to boost support and protection for the record number of foreign unaccompanied and separated children who arrived in Italy – nearly 26,000 in 2016. With nearly 2,000 foreign children arriving on the Mediterranean in the first two months of 2017, the upward trend in arrivals is expected to continue this year making this law timely and relevant.

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News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck

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A pile of life vests used by refugees and migrants while crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey lie discarded on a beach in the Greek island of Lesvos, in November 2015.

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Continuing access restrictions by the de facto authorities in Gaza add to humanitarian concerns, 29 March 2017

In the aftermath of the killing of a Hamas member on 24 March in Gaza City by unknown assailants, the Palestinian de facto authorities in Gaza are imposing new access restrictions, citing security reasons, which are negatively impacting already vulnerable sectors in Gaza. These restrictions are taking place before the upcoming Israeli national and religious holidays when the opening hours of the Israeli-controlled passenger and goods crossings are normally reduced.

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WFP Working With Government And Partners To Launch Five-Year Strategic Plan In China

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), working in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture in People’s Republic of China and other partners, are embarking upon a five-year Strategic Plan in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2, a world with zero hunger by 2030.

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United Nations Children's Fund

Joint rapid response teams reach more than 30,000 children under-five

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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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27 million people lack safe water in countries facing or at risk of famine

Unsafe water as deadly to severely malnourished children as lack of food

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A girl sits at a water tap with a jerry cans lined up in a queue outside a private business on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan.

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Supporting Syrian refugees not only an act 'of generosity' but also of 'enlightened self-interest' – UN chief

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres with students at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

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Republic Of Korea Support Enables WFP To Scale Up Innovative Food Security Monitoring Systems

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