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UN marks International Day with call for harnessing power of sport to build better world

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UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Maria Sharapova is reaching out to the public in a series of posters to...

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Heeding lessons of Rwanda, world must do more to prevent atrocities – Ban

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with President Paul Kagame in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on 6 April 2014.

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PACE discusses situation in Ukraine, reconsiders Russian credentials

At its spring session in Strasbourg on 7-11 April the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will debate a request to reconsider the already ratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation on substantive grounds (under Rule 9...

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Parliamentarians discuss the need to eradicate statelessness in Europe

A joint parliamentary hearing on the need to eradicate statelessness in Europe, with a particular focus on statelessness among children, is to take place on Wednesday 9 April in Strasbourg on the margins of PACE’s spring session, ahead of a plenary...

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