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As 'most disaster-prone region,' Asia-Pacific needs risk-sensitive development, UN reports

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Urban-search-and-rescue members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) at work in Nepal.

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UN: Syria talks to begin next week, as humanitarian aid reaches more besieged areas

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Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (centre), flanked by his Special Advisor, Jan Egeland (left)...

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UNHCR expresses concern over EU-Turkey plan

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Refugees wait to board buses after crossing the border from Syria into Turkey after fleeing fighting around the city of Kobani...

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Ban marks UN’s 20th year in Bonn, stresses need for ‘shared responsibility’ on migration

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Refugees and migrants wait in line to be registered as asylum-seekers in Berlin, Germany....

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