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‘Let’s build bridges, not walls,’ says UN chief, urging all countries to help refugees and migrants

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends refugee resettlement event with UNA-USA, International Rescue Committee and the Annenberg Foundation, at the Annenberg Foundation, in Los Angeles.

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UN rights chief sees ‘worrying signs’ in Bulgaria’s detention regime for migrants

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Migrants and asylum-seekers, mostly Syrian Kurds, sit in the yard outside a schoolhouse-turned-reception centre, known as Vrazhdebna, on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

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Child-directed advertising must be better regulated to curb adverse impacts – UN experts

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Students at a UN-backed development project site that supports vulnerable populations in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

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South Sudan crisis deepens as once-stable areas fall into violence – UN relief chief

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On 2 August 2016, Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien (centre), visited the protected site adjacent to the UNMISS base in Wau, South Sudan, where more than 20,000 people are seeking protection as a result of recent conflict.

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Taps run dry for 2 million people as fighting intensifies in Aleppo

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Children displaced from ongoing conflict shelter under makeshift tents on Muhalak highway in the western part of Aleppo, Syria.

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Children paying ‘heaviest price’ of Yemen conflict, UNICEF warns amid reports of escalating violence

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This photo shows Amal who is looking at her destroyed home in Sana’a, Yemen, after it was hit by an airstrike in April 2015.

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Ban hails Argentina’s commitment to UN values as illustrated by its actions

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a key note address at the Argentine Council of Foreign Relations in Buenos Aires.

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UN chief welcomes South Sudan's acceptance of African-led regional protection force

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Families displaced by ongoing fighting seek shelter in the UN Protection of Civilians site in Wau, South Sudan.

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Refugee Olympic Team makes history at Rio Games

Rose Lokonyen, 23, leads a squad of 10 athletes behind the flag of the International Olympic Committee.

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Rose Lokonyen carries the Olympic flag and leads the Refugee Olympic Team during the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio.

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THE HERRHAUSEN METHOD: A Serious Challenge to the Genocidal Trans-Atlantic System

On July 12 (2016,) Helga Zepp-LaRouche issued an urgent appeal, “Deutsche Bank Must be Saved for the Sake of World Peace,” which called for a government recapitalization of that derivatives-laden bank, conditional on its immediately reversing its policies back to those of its murdered former Chairman Alfred Herrhausen. This campaign of Lyndon and Helga LaRouche is continuing and intensifying, and is finding a growing response internationally. What is at stake is either an uncontrolled world financial blowout leading to war,— or an orderly reorganization towards recovery.

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