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Speakers from Latin American region urge ‘results, not promises’ on UN goals

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Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru to the United Nations addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

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Number displaced by violence in Bangui soars past 40,000

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Displaced women find shelter from rain at the M'poko IDPs site close to the international airport in Bangui.

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African leaders say UN Security Council must be reformed to include voice of their continent

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Manuel Domingos Vicente, Vice President of the Republic of Angola, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

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Losing hope and fearful for their families, skilled Syrians join refugee exodus

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Syrian refugees queue up to register with the Greek authorities at Kara Tepe camp near Mytilini before then buying boat tickets and travelling on to Athens.

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UNHCR seeking urgent access to thousands fleeing Bangui, CAR violence

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View of Mpoko IDP site where around 100,000 persons sought both refuge and security around the capital's international airport in late 2013.

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At UN, Libya warns of ISIL’s increasing influence, calls for unanimity to end region's crises

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Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, Acting Head of State of Libya, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

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Citing Israeli violations, Palestinian leader renounces security, political accords at UN Assembly

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Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets refugee and migrant children on the move in Serbia

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Orlando Bloom in a child-friendly space in Presevo, Serbia, on 30 September 2015.

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Conflicts, instability uproot over 4.5 million children in 5 countries: UNICEF

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A young girl and a family member seeking refuge in Europe, pictured near the town of Gevgelija, in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom calls for greater protection for refugee and migrant children on the move in Europe

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets a little girl during a visit to a refugee and migrant reception centre near Gevgelija in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, at the border with Greece.