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UNICEF emergency supplies flown in as crisis worsens in Darfur

UNICEF flew in emergency supplies in response to the growing influx of displaced persons into Um Baru locality, north east of the State capital, El Fasher, in North Darfur on 28 January. Over the last two weeks some 4,000 additional people have...

UN Assembly hears Holocaust survivor’s plea to never forget ‘all human life is sacred’

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Holocaust survivor Jona Laks addresses the UN General Assembly’s annual International Day of Commemoration...

Auschwitz anniversary: MEPs mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Ceremony at the European Parliament to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of...

Over 1,000 children in bomb shelters in Ukraine urgently need help: UNICEF

Over 1,000 children are forced to seek refuge in underground bomb shelters in Donetsk city due to ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine, UNICEF said on January 27, 2015.