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New global challenges debated by 30th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
30th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly session closed Wednesday in Brussels after debating major new global challenges
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On Anti-Corruption Day, UN says ending ‘corrosive’ crime can boost sustainable development
UNODC and UNDP have developed a joint global campaign calling for people to ‘Break the Corruption Chain.
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UN Security Council adopts first-ever resolution on youth, peace and security
Security Council adopts historic resolution on youth, peace and security.
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Ethiopia: UN urges support to mitigate most devastating drought in 30 years
Nine-year-ole Zahara Ali cooks breakfast in a rural village in the Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia.
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UNHCR says most of Syrians arriving in Greece are students
Syrian refugee parents Afeesh and Rasha hug their daughters shortly after landing on the Island of Lesvos, Greece.
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UN begins testing data collection system to help track, curb attacks against health workers
WHO estimates that at least 51 hospitals have been damaged or partially destroyed over the past six months due to the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
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UNICEF plans to reach 2.6 million Syrian children with winter supplies and cash assistance
A young boy at a UNICEF winter supplies distribution centre in Damascus, Syria.
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UN agency urges Jordan to allow 12,000 desperate Syrian refugees stranded at border
Fifteen year old Mohammad sits in front of the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan, where he lives with his family and goes to a UNICEF supported school. He fled in 2015 when the conflict in his hometown in the Golan Heights in south-western Syria intensified.
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Thousands flee South Sudan fighting to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Photo shows other South Sudanese refugees aboard a boat in Ethiopia, November 2014.
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Bay of Bengal boat flow manageable with regional cooperation - UNHCR
As the resumption of dangerous sea journeys in the Bay of Bengal looms, countries in the region on Friday affirmed that the only way to reduce loss of life at sea is by working together on comprehensive and sustainable approaches to manage mixed migration movements.
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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
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020