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OSCE Special Representative Sajdik and Chief Monitor Apakan call for restraint and full adherence to ceasefire amid upsurge in violence
A recent upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine threatens the lives and wellbeing of the civilian population and further undermines the ceasefire upon which their security and safety depend, said the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, on April 12.
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Study: Holocaust Fading from American Memory
As people around the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, once again promising to "never forget" the genocide that killed 6 million Jews during World War II, a new study shows Americans appear to be doing just that.
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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Wins 7-Year Term on Top of 15 Served
Azerbaijan's longtime president, Ilham Aliyev, won a fourth term Wednesday in an election boycotted by the opposition.
Election officials said they expected Aliyev to finish with 86 percent of the vote.
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UNHCR Desperate Journeys report provides snapshot of changing refugee movements to Europe

Refugee woman from Eritrea comforting her friend on the transfer bus at the airport in Italy.
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ODIHR supports dialogue between OSCE participating States in Western Balkans, EU and Schengen countries on cross-border travel
Officials from OSCE participating States in the Western Balkans shared good practices and challenges in the issuance and examination of travel documents with their counterparts from the European Union, Schengen states and associated countries during an expert meeting in Brussels on 11 April 2018.
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Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Allow Iranian Military Presence in Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will never let Iran establish a military presence inside Syria.
Netanyahu made the vow during a telephone call Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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High-level joint conference on the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan, Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan and priority needs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
On 10 April, the Kurdistan Regional Government together with the United Nations and its partners held a high-level joint conference on the priority needs in the Kurdistan Region.
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WHO demands ‘unhindered access’ to site of suspected chemical attack in Syria

Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria.
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Despite drop in numbers, desperate migrants to Europe face greater perils, UN refugee agency reports

Refugees on board an Italian Coast Guard ship, which rescued them after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. Migrants and refugees undertake a perilous sea crossing aboard rickety boats with hopes of reaching Europe, unfortunately many lose their lives along the way.
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Disease outbreaks threaten Papua New Guinea’s quake-hit communities – UN

A UNICEF health official gives safe drinking water and oral retardation salts to a mother for her one-year-old child suffering from diarrhoea. They are living at temporary shelter along with at least 600 other persons after their homes were destroyed in the Papua New Guinea earthquakes.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi

Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability

Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions

Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future

Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020

