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Asylum-seekers await application results at historic Berlin airport
Asylum-seekers stay in temporary accommodation in one of three huge hangars at Berlin Tempelhof Airport.
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UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić in the processing centre at Presevo where refugees are registered.
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French President François Hollande invokes the unity of all cultures at UNESCO’s Leaders’ Forum
Nora HouguenadeH.E. Mr François Hollande, President of France, participates in the Organization's Leaders' Forum - UNESCO, 17 November 2015.
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Russia: Downing of Flight Caused by Bomb
The death of 224 passengers on a downed Russian jet was an abhorrent act of mass killing. Russia’s Federal Security Service said on November 17, 2015, that the October 31 crash of a Russian jet over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, was the result of a bomb placed on board. The crash was the worst in the history of Russian civilian aviation.
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Refugees should not be turned into scapegoats following Paris attacks, says UN agency
A volunteer on the Greek Island of Lesvos gathers a baby girl in her arms, moments after her family arrived in an inflatable boat.
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EP this week: Paris attacks, tax transparency, UK referendum, neighbourhood policy
16-20 November 2015
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'Tolerance must be taught, nurtured and defended,' says Ban on International Day
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban meet with families of refugees at the Centre Tenda Di Abramo in Rome.
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'Status quo simply cannot continue in Syria' – UN humanitarian chief
Tesreen Camp, Aleppo, Syria.
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Some 3,300 people a day still arriving on Lesvos
Members of Samaritan's Purse, a UNHCR partner on the island of Lesvos, install a drainage pipe at a sanitation facility.
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At G20 Summit, Ban says response to terrorism 'needs to be robust, always within rule of law'
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives at the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey,on 15 November 2015.
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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