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Ban welcomes agreement to resolve South Sudan crisis, demands end to hostilities

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On a visit in South Sudan on 7 May 2014, the Secretary General has repeatedly called on both sides to find a...

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On Migratory Bird Day, UN taps tourists to help protect world's original long-distance travellers

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A male egret with mating plumage at the Mysore Bird Sanctuary, Ranganthittu, India.

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With Somalia again 'on precipice of crisis', UN relief official appeals for urgent funding

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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) liberated the town of Hudur, Somalia, from Al-Shabaab extremists two...

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UN counts on Catholic Church to help promote dignity for all, Ban tells Pope Francis

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Secretary-General had Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, with CEB members.

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