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South Sudan: Ban to put in place measures to improve UN Mission’s ability to protect civilians

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IDP’s that took refuge and protection with UNMISS, pack up their belongings following five straight days of heavy clashes in Juba in early July.

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UN rights office concerned at continuing hostilities in both western and eastern Aleppo

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Most Syrians left in Aleppo are too poor to leave and live in the carcasses of apartment blocks.

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MEPs back operation to liberate Mosul

The Iraqi operation to liberate Mosul from jihadi group ISIS/Daesh was backed by MEPs on Thursday. They called on Iraqi authorities to make every effort to protect civilians, hospitals and schools, as they progress towards Mosul. Daesh atrocities and genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other minorities should be referred to International Criminal Court, added MEPs.

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UNHCR commemorates 2 years of the #IBelong campaign to eradicate global statelessness

Campaign to end Statelessness marks its second year noting progress – and challenges ahead.

Significant progress has been made to eradicate statelessness around the world, but ongoing conflicts are putting those advances at risk. Marking the second anniversary of the global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, renewed the call for a concerted effort by the international community to put an end to statelessness- a human rights injustice that affects at least 10 million people globally.

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Syria: UN education envoy urges International Criminal Court probe into Idlib school attack

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Young Omar and his parents, who fled the Syrian city of Idlib and crossed into Turkey, have been accepted for resettlement in France.

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MEPs sound wake-up call on nuclear threats

Worsening relations between nuclear-armed states, such as Russia and the US or India and Pakistan, but also Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons or to deploy them to more territories in Europe, are making the EU’s security environment ever more tense, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They call on these states to reduce nuclear weapons, move them away from deployment into storage and to diminish their role in military doctrines.

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on deadly attacks on schools in Idlib, northwest Syria

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A boy, displaced from ongoing conflict in Syria.

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‘Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit,’ Ban tells memorial honouring fallen UN staff

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145 children released armed groups in South Sudan – UNICEF

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Children hand over their weapons after being released from an armed group in South Sudan this past March.

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UN chief ‘condemns’ terrorist attack in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province

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Street scene in Quetta, Baluchistan province, Pakistan.