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IFAD President to discuss poverty alleviation with Pakistan Prime Minister and senior government officials

Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and winner of the 2016 African Food Prize, visits Pakistan to meet with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to renew IFAD’s commitment to alleviation of rural poverty...

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UN Women’s ‘Orange the World’ kicks off 16 days of activism to fight gender-based violence

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women during a special event...

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Afghanistan: UN condemns killing of civilians in Kabul mosque attack

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Statement on Turkey's Draft Bill on sexual abuse against children

“UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women and UNDP in Turkey, are deeply concerned by the draft Bill submitted to the Parliament during the legislative debates on November 17 which may lead to some type of amnesty for child abuse perpetrators on the condition that the...

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