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UN envoy for Syria tells Security Council peace talks will resume ‘as soon as feasible’

For the third time this year, humanitarian partners delivered aid to 71,000 people in Houla, rural Homs...

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Security Council ends 13-year sanctions regime on Liberia

The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2288 (2016), lifting sanctions on Liberia.

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Commitment to Action: Moving from delivering aid to ending need

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the heads of UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, OCHA, WFP, FAO, UNFPA and UNDP, with the endorsement of the World Bank and the International Organization for Migration, launched on Tuesday 24 May a “Commitment to Action” in which...

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Safeguarding your privacy: MEPs scrutinise new data protection agreement with US

Data on your online activities - from social media to shopping - is regularly sold to American advertisers. Strong data protection standards are in place in the EU to protect your privacy, but this is not the case in the US. The EU is now negotiating...

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