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On 7 January 2014 at UNICEF House, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake to show support for the launch of the No Lost Generation campaign, at UNICEF House.

A family of South Sudanese civilians shelter at a UN base in Juba. UNHCR has been taking on increased responsibilities for the 57,000 civilians taking refuge in 10 UN compounds throughout the country.

Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme Sigrid Kaag.

The White House said Monday that the United States will remain strongly committed to Iraq as it fights al-Qaida affiliated groups, but it said, again, that American troops will not return to Iraq.

I condemn the killing of Raad Yassin, Jamal Abdel Nasser, Mohamed Ahmad Al-Khatib, Wissam Al-Azzawi and Mohamed Abdel Hamid in an attack on Salaheddin TV in Tikrit, and of Omar Al-Dulaimy in the city of Ramadi,” the Director-General said.

Japan says it will provide nearly $100 million in additional aid for Burma, also known as Myanmar, to support the country's peace process.

Workers destroy illegal ivory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province, China, Jan. 6, 2014.

Civilians at the UN House compound on the southwestern outskirts of Juba, South Sudan.

Displaced people in the CAR capital Bangui find refuge in the unfinished church at St. Paul Parish after fleeing clashes.

Bor, South Sudan