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Children in east Ukraine need urgent care to overcome trauma of conflict – UNICEF

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On 13 February 2017, first-grade students in eastern Ukraine, including 6-year-old Sasha (in red sweater), participate in a drill to practice their response to a shelling.

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Syria: As US responds militarily to chemical attack, UN urges restraint to avoid escalation

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Secretary-General António Guterres.

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New Donor Funding Allows WFP To Resume Full Food Rations For Refugees In Kenya

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Kenya, Kakuma Refugee Camp.

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Sport is force of social empowerment and an engine for equality – UNESCO

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A girl takes a shot during a basketball training session in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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200,000 children need urgent support to overcome trauma of volatile conflict in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

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On 13 February 2017, first grade students participate in a drill to practice their response to a shelling by taking cover in a part of the school building with strong walls beacuse the school doesnt have a basement.

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Kristin Davis appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on April 6th, announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed actress and philanthropist Kristin Davis as its Goodwill Ambassador.

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Chemical attack, if confirmed, would be largest in Syria, UN Security Council told

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Meeting of the Security Council to discuss the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Khan Shaykhun area of southern Idlib, Syria.

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Donors pledge $6 billion to help support future of war-torn Syria at UN-backed conference

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Families that fled fighting in eastern Aleppo, Syria, take refuge in a large warehouse in Jibreen.

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Kuwait, UNHCR sign landmark agreement to aid Syrian refugees

Visit by UN Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements focuses on aid to Syrian refugees in northern Iraq before key conference in Brussels.

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Syrian refugees draw water at Kawergosk camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in March 2014. The Syria conflict is now in its seventh year.

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Japan Donates US$3.5 million to WFP for Emergency Needs in Northeast Nigeria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people in Northeast Nigeria on Apr 04.