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Global event to turn world 'UN blue' to mark 70th anniversary of United Nations

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The Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the façades of the UN Secretariat and General Assembly buildings...

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More support needed for Somali refugees going back home from Kenya

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Somali refugees board a plane that will take them home to Mogadishu from Dadaab camp in Kenya.

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Seven people die off Lesvos as tensions flare at crowded reception facility

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A group of refugees disembark an inflatable boat after reaching the Greek island of Lesvos.

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'I am standing with these refugees,' says Ban visiting reception centre in Rome

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits refugees at the Centre Tenda Di Abramo in Rome, Italy, on 17 October...

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