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Two years on, Ukraine conflict affects over half a million children - UNICEF

Over 200,000 children need psychosocial support

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Children write on the blackboard at a school in the village of Staromykhailovka, which is on the frontline between the cities of Donetsk and Mariyanovka Ukraine.

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New trust fund launched by UN and Colombian Government for peacebuilding needs

The United Nations and the Government of Colombia on 17 February announced the launch of a new multi-partner trust fund in the country’s capital, Bogotá, to respond to stabilization and peacebuilding needs.

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Life-saving humanitarian aid reaches five besieged towns in Syria – UN

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In Madaya, Syria, local community members help offload and distribute humanitarian aid supplies.

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OSCE works to develop co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in countering illicit trafficking in New Psychoactive Substances

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Representatives of law enforcement agencies from Eastern Europe and experts from international organizations during a discussion on greater co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the increasing spread of new psychoactive substances, Minsk, 17 February 2016.

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Yemen: UN envoy calls on Security Council to support efforts towards cessation of hostilities

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The aftermath of a bombing by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

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OSCE and Spain organize table-top simulation on protecting critical energy infrastructure from targeted cyber attacks

Strengthening protection and preparedness against cyber-attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a two-day table-top simulation starting in Madrid and organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of Spain’s Interior Ministry, on February 17.

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UNHCR delivers vital aid to Yemenis in embattled Taizz

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Ahmed Najee, aged 9, collects UNHCR aid items in Taizz, Yemen.

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Strikes against children in a hospital in Syria

"We at UNICEF are appalled by reports of attacks against four medical facilities in Syria – two of which were supported by UNICEF. One is a child and maternal hospital where children were reportedly killed and scores evacuated.

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UN mourns death of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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On 2 January 1992, Boutros Boutros-Ghali (right), Secretary-General of the United Nations, arrives at the Secretariat Entrance for his first working day at the United Nations. Aly Teymour, Chief of Protocol, escorts him into the building.

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At Security Council, UN relief chief spotlights need to end ‘human catastrophe’ in Yemen

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Water being trucked into a displacement camp where about 200 families, displaced from Sa’ada, Yemen, live.

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