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Yarmouk crisis: international community has ‘compelling imperative to act,’ says UN official

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UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl (centre) speaks to the press during a visit to...

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UNESCO condemns destruction at Iraq’s Nimrud site

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A statue of a lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal...

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800,000 children forced to flee violence in Nigeria and region – UNICEF

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Evelyn with her 1-year-old daughter Rose in a camp for internally displaced people in north...

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Human rights, rule of law vital for sustainable development, Ban tells UN Crime Congress

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses 13th United Nations Crime Congress in Doha, Qatar. April 2015.

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