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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...

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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.

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UN commends Tunisian Dialogue Quartet on Nobel Peace Prize win

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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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...

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