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EU member states should “refrain from inciting fear and hatred in their citizens towards migrants and asylum-seekers for political gains”, said Civil Liberties Committee MEPs voting a resolution on fundamental rights in the EU on Thursday. The rights to free movement and life-saving abortion are also stressed in the text, which will now be put to a vote by Parliament as a whole.

The European Union has announced its support for the local production of fortified complementary food in Chad. The joint 3-year project (2016-2019) will be implemented by several United Nations agencies (FAO, WHO, WFP, UNICEF) in partnership with the Chad Government. Through an integrated, innovative approach, the project aims to improve access, availability and use of highly nutritious complementary food for children under five. Malnutrition is a major obstacle to country’s development.

Rajaa, 10, from Mosul sits with her mother in Hajjaj Silo Transit Camp in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. Rajaa was injured and her brother was killed when he stepped on landmine while the family was fleeing Mosul.

The Government of the People’s Republic of China has made a contribution of US$10 million towards the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) emergency operations currently supporting El Niño drought-affected people in Ethiopia and Somalia. The Chinese Minister of Commerce, Gao Hucheng, signed an agreement with WFP’s Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, during the UN General Assembly in New York. Earlier, the Government of China also signed a US$2 million agreement with WFP to support its emergency operations for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$12 million contribution from the King Salman for Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support WFP’s humanitarian operations in Syria, Palestine and Ethiopia on Nov 16.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of U S$6 million from the Government of Kuwait to support WFP’s humanitarian operations in Syria on Nov 15.

Alison, 14, reads a book beneath a makeshift shelter at the Grand Séminaire Saint Marc de Bimbo site for internally displaced people, in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is delighted to announce that the State of Kuwait has made a significant new contribution to support efforts to protect and assist refugees affected by the Syria crisis.

WFP strives to reach all those affected by the Mosul crisis.