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Backing UN ‘Agenda 2030,’ parliamentary leaders pledge to place democracy at service of sustainable development

President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Saber Chowdhury (right) with women speakers of...

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Ukraine - aid delivered to area not controlled by govt for first time in weeks

Last weekend a convoy of 13 trucks successfully passed the cross line in Eastern Ukraine and arrived at Gorlovka.

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Director-General Irina Bokova expresses consternation at the destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra

“The destruction of Palmyra constitutes an intolerable crime against civilization but 4,500 years of history will never be erased,” the Director-General declared.

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Number of women and children passing through the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to seek refuge in Europe triples in three months

The number of women and children fleeing violence in their countries of origin and passing through the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia seeking refuge in Europe has tripled in the past three months, UNICEF said on September 1.

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