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Nearly 600 million children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 - UNICEF

1 February 2017, Sulem Hire 9, carries a jerry can of water to her home four...

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Nowruz a reminder that heritage helps make resilient, sustainable societies – UN cultural agency

In Afghanistan, bakeries prepare a special type of cookie, called “Kulcha-e Nowrozi,” which is only baked for...

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UNHCR condemns refugee deaths off Yemen, calls for inquiry

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, condemns last Thursday’s incident in which 42 people, including refugees, were killed when a boat carrying around 145 passengers - among them women and children - came under fire off Yemen’s west coast, near Al Hudaydah...

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Safe food, melting ice caps and a prejudice that won’t go away

Modern threats and ancient prejudices dominated Parliament’s March 2017 plenary session. The need to ensure that our food is safe was debated as were the threats and opportunities of melting polar ice. At the same time, the inequality still facing...

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