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Everyone is entitled to a life of dignity, Ban says on World Mental Health Day

Everyone has the right to respect and dignity, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared in his message on World Mental Health Day, highlighting that people who have mental health and psychosocial disabilities deserve to live with the...

Civilians killed by air strikes at Yemeni wedding party ‘deeply disturbing,’ says UN humanitarian chief

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Homes in Yemen destroyed by coalition airstrikes.

UN commends Tunisian Dialogue Quartet on Nobel Peace Prize win

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Brazil and UNHCR strengthen partnership to help refugees fleeing the Syria conflict

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Volker Türk, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection and H.E. Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Permanent...