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Net neutrality is crucial to the future development of the internet. It is the principle that all online traffic should be treated equally, regardless of the type of content or platforms involved. On 27 October MEPs are set to debate and vote on new rules on net neutrality, following an agreement reached with EU governments after two years of negotiations.

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson addresses the Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Somali refugee children prepare to return to Mogadishu from the Dadaab camp in Kenya. UNHCR is supporting voluntary repatriations of Somali refugees from Kenya.

Under the glare of a border light, some 2,000 refugees and migrants at Berkasovo, wait on the Serbian side of the border with Croatia.

The St Michel church and adjacent priest’s house were torched during protests in Bangui sparked by the killing of a Muslim man.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a press briefing in Jerusalem.

Children displaced from Central Iraq in Markasi camp, Ameriyat Al Fallujah, Anbar province.

Mother and children waiting with other refugees to enter Vinojug reception centre at Gevgelija.

(From left) Dr Rouzbeh Parsi and Ellie Geranmayeh during the hearing at the Parliament