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Canada Funds Strategic Humanitarian Response Facility In Gilgit Pakistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is constructing a Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF) in the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) –the northern area of Pakistan, thanks to funding from the Government of Canada. This will be the seventh HRF built in Pakistan as part of a strategic network of storage facilities to help the Government and humanitarian community better prepare for and respond to disasters.
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1.3 million children urgently need humanitarian assistance after storms batter Bay of Bengal
August 17, 2007. Resma, 9, illuminates the platform below her neighbour's tin roof where she and her family took refuge during the storm, in the village of Amua in Barisal District. The area was one of the hardest hit by Cyclone Sidr.
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UNICEF urges Governments to close data gaps on vulnerable children in residential care
A nine-year-old child and his younger, eight-year-old, brother sit in their room, drawing and colouring. They are living live with foster parents in Lipova commune, Bacau county, Romania.
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UN condemns terrorist attack in Kabul, underscores need to protect civilians
An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Key trends for infrastructure development and industrialization in spotlight at special UN meeting
A textile factory in Lesotho.
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Data gaps on children in residential care leave the most vulnerable unaccounted for – UNICEF
Stanislava is a 15-year-old girl. After her birth she was placed in several old type state institutions for children. Now she lives in a family type placement center (small group home) for children with disabilities and attends mainstream school.
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WFP Concerned About Malnutrition Among Hungry Families Fleeing Iraq’s Western Mosul
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is concerned about about the humanitarian conditions inside western Mosul’s old city, where as many as 180,000 people are reportedly hungry and living in miserable conditions.
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Blockchain Against Hunger: Harnessing Technology In Support Of Syrian Refugees
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is deploying cutting-edge blockchain technology to make cash-based transfers faster, cheaper and more secure.
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With 'blue helmets' in harm's way every day, peacekeeping reforms and resources needed – UN chief
The UN held a wreath-laying ceremony honouring fallen peacekeepers in observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May). A peacekeeper taking part in the ceremony.
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Digital Single Market: EU negotiators agree on the WiFi4EU initiative
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached on May 29 night a political agreement on the WiFi4EU initiative and its funding which supports installing free public Wi-Fi hotspots in local communities across the EU: in public squares, piazzas, parks, hospitals and other public spaces.
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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
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020