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UNHCR welcomes Belize's support to global initiative to reduce statelessness

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iBELONG poster

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UNHCR Voices Concern about Developments at Border of FYR Macedonia and Greece

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A young Syrian refugee carries his brother across the border between Greece and FYR Macedonia, near Eidomeni, Greece, in June 2015

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Teaching history of slave trade can reinforce rights of all peoples, UN declares on Day of Remembrance

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We Have To Fight!

We're being buffaloed by Obama, or what he represents. Although Obama's policy is a fast road to total destruction, including thermonuclear war probably this month,—yet people are adapting to it. They're tending to say, "It's hopeless; we have to submit."

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One-Third of Mass Shootings Worldwide Occur in U.S.

Study shows link between prevalence of gun ownership and number of public massacres.

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UN human rights chief urges end to ‘endemic impunity’ for violations in Darfur

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Following attacks in January 2015, thousands of people, mostly women and children, fled from different villages and took refuge at a safe zone adjacent to UNAMID’s base in Um Baru, North Darfur.

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Security Council extends UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year

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At Security Council, UN officials spotlight need for effective and accountable security institutions

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Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura (right), speaking with Security Council President for August, Joy Ogwu, at the Council’s special briefing on security sector reform.

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Athens accommodation site opens for new arrivals in Greece

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Five-year old Melina is staying with her mother, Marzia, at the new temporary accommodation site in Eleonas, Athens.

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At Security Council, UN relief chief cites ‘incomprehensible’ scale of human suffering in Yemen

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Under-Secretary-General for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O’Brien (centre) with local authorities and media on 9 August 2015 in front of the Governorate of Amran, Yemen, that got destroyed in an airstrike.