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At Security Council, UN officials urge governments to implement rules on prosecuting traffickers

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Young women in Colombia forced into sexual exploitation.

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Peace in Syria an imperative ‘that cannot wait,’ UN chief Guterres says as war enters seventh year

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Over the past 6 years of the war in Syria, access to health services for the civilian population in...

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UN launches 'Platform of Champions' calling to end global gender pay gap

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The Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions at the UN General Hall on 13 March 2016.

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Remembering the victims of Syria’s brutal war

On the sixth anniversary of Syria’s conflict, we must remember those who are suffering most from this calamity – the 4.9 million refugees, the 6.3 million people displaced internally and the millions more inside Syria living in daily fear of this war...

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