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As Colombians bid farewell to ‘decades of flames,’ Ban pledges UN support to historic peace deal

Colombians are “bidding farewell to decades of flames and sending up a bright flare of hope that illuminates the world,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on 26 September in Cartagena, welcoming the signing by the Government and the...

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OSCE Programme Office concludes canine training course on explosives detection in Kazakhstan

The OSCE-supported two-stage Canine Explosive Search Training Programme co-organized by the Austrian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan concluded on 27 September in Astana.

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Lebanon: better EU resettlement tools needed to help the country deal with refugee crisis

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A delegation from the civil liberties committee visited Lebanon to find out how the country was...

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UN chief commends Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on 'remarkable progress'

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with Nicos Anastasiades (left), President of the Republic of...

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