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UN launches 'Platform of Champions' calling to end global gender pay gap

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The Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions at the UN General Hall on 13 March 2016.

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Remembering the victims of Syria’s brutal war

As the conflict marks a sixth calamitous anniversary, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi calls for remembrance of those who have suffered most.

On the sixth anniversary of Syria’s conflict, we must remember those who are suffering most from this calamity – the 4.9 million refugees, the 6.3 million people displaced internally and the millions more inside Syria living in daily fear of this war and the inhumanity it has created.

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WFP Appeals For Access And Resources To Prevent Famine In Yemen

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UN Commission on Status of Women opens with calls for more men to stand up for equality

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Professor Amivi Kafui Tete-Benissan (left) teaches cell biology and biochemistry at the University of Lomé, in the capital of Togo.

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Hitting rock bottom: Children's suffering in Syria at its worst - UNICEF

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On 5 August 2016 in Aleppo city in the Syrian Arab Republic, displaced families from Reyadeh and 1070 neighbourhoods take shelter at the Teshreen Kindergarten in western Aleppo city.

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UK's jetty completion marks major milestone in Carrier works

Work to ready a historic jetty at Her Majesty’s Naval Dockyard Portsmouth for the arrival of the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy has been completed.

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This is a major milestone in preparations at the naval base where £100m has been invested by UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).

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U.S, Turkish, Russian Defense Chiefs Meet to Discuss Syrian Battlespace

It is a measure of the success indigenous and coalition forces have experienced against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria that a meeting of the chiefs of defense from the United States, Turkey and Russia was needed, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on March 10.

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As war enters 7th year, UNHCR warns Syria is ‘at a crossroads’

While there are some hopes for peace, the needs and suffering of millions of Syrians continue unabated; Syrian war is a ‘collective failure.’

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Syrian refugee Nasreen Ahmed Sweii poses in Tripoli, in North Lebanon, in this March 2014 portrait. She fled her family home in Homs, Syria, with her four children after her husband was killed.

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Tajani: “Europe needs to be changed not weakened”

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Antonio Tajani at the summit

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WFP Provides School Meals To Syrian Children Across Aleppo City

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WFP is providing school meals each day to more than 17,000 children in Aleppo. School meals are vital to bring children back to school in Syria, and ensure every child has access to education, health and nutrition.