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The Government of Hungary and UNICEF signed an agreement to establish UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest on June 15. The new centre – the first of its kind for the global children’s organisation – aims to improve efficiency and cut costs by centralising key finance and human resources operations.

Syrian refugees try to reach the Greek border in an effort to continue their trip to central Europe.

At least 68 children are reported to have been killed and 180 injured since March last year as a result of conflict in eastern Ukraine, UNICEF said on June 12. While no children were reportedly killed in the latest escalation near the town of Mariinka, west of Donetsk, there are anecdotal reports of children having been injured by heavy weapons fire.

António Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, holds the cheque he has just received from Abdullah Al-Matouq, advisor to the Emir of Kuwait. The money will be used to support of UNHCR's humanitarian response to the Syria crisis.

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ILO Director-General Guy Ryder addresses the 104th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Professor Esen Aydogdiyev, Rector of the International University for Humanities and Development, during the presentation of the UN Academic Impact certificate in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

A World Health Organization and World Bank Group report launched on June 12 shows that 400 million people do not have access to essential health services and 6% of people in low- and middle-income countries are tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending.