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Government Of Belgium Supports UNHAS In Nigeria And Other Emergencies In 2016/2017
Contributing a total of €6 million, the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGDC) has helped the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) provide crucial air transport services for the humanitarian community across Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Yemen in 2016 and will continue to support services through 2017.
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Samoa to Have Faster, Cheaper Internet as Submarine Cable Project Starts in Savai'i
The Government of Samoa, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, and the Government of Australia on February 24 launched the Savai’i component of the new $57.4 million submarine cable system, which will deliver affordable high-speed internet access to Samoa.
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Western Sahara: UN chief Guterres urges Morocco and Polisario Front to de-escalate tensions in buffer strip
A Military Liaison Officer of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), looks through binoculars during a ceasefire monitoring patrol in Oum Dreyga, Western Sahara (June 2010).
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Donors pledge $670 million at UN-backed conference to support aid operations in Lake Chad region
People living in the Melia IDP camp, Lake Chad, receiving WFP food. Most of the displaced come from the Lake Chad islands, that have been abandoned because of insecurity.
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EU Support Allows WFP To Provide For More Malian Refugees In Mauritania
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a vital injection of €1.5 million from the European Union to help meet the food needs of Malian refugees in Mauritania.
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Italy Donates EUR 1 Million To WFP And UNICEF For People Affected By Conflict In Eastern Ukraine
The Government of Italy has donated EUR 1 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF to assist people affected by the conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2017.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets children and families affected by Boko Haram violence on Niger trip
Orlando Bloom speaks with Eta, 12, Bosso, Niger, 19 February 2017. Two years ago Boko Haram forced into her family home and lined them up in the courtyard, looking for her father and threatening to kill everyone if they didn’t give him up. They fled.
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Only when the government takes off its mask can Taiwan move forward on human rights
The Review Meeting of the ROC’s 2nd Report Under the ICCPR & ICESCR was held at the Evergreen International Convention Center on Jan. 16-18, 2017
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Tackling hunger crises in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen requires $4.4 billion – UN
A community health worker with UNICEF partner Swiss-Kaalmo, based in Salamey Idale IDP camp in Somalia, goes door to door to spread health messages to mothers and children living in the camp.
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Business-as-usual not an option with future global food security in jeopardy, cautions UN agency
Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric. Bheri Ganga village, Surkhet district, western Nepal.
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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