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During this morning's General Congregation, during Vespers for the conclusion of the Synod, the Synod Fathers launched a new appeal for peace and the resolution of conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine, asking the international Community to act via diplomatic channels and to engage in dialogue to end the suffering of thousands of people. In the declaration, the full text of which is published below, the Fathers make special reference to families compelled to flee their homes, and give thanks to the countries that have welcomed refugees.

Nora (eight years old, in blue dress) is the youngest of the three daughters of Husam and Nemah. In the background, sitting on a mattress, left to right: daughter Kholod (11 years old), mother Nemah and Asmaa (14 years old). Father Husam is sitting on the right.

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.