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Secretary-General supports Children of Syria as No Lost Generation initiative launched

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On 7 January 2014 at UNICEF House, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake...

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Refugee exodus from strife-torn South Sudan picks up momentum, UN reports

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A family of South Sudanese civilians shelter at a UN base in Juba. UNHCR has been taking on...

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First chemical arms materials leave Syria, joint OPCW-UN mission confirms

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Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme...

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US Committed to Iraq, Accelerating Weapons, Drone Deliveries

The White House said Monday that the United States will remain strongly committed to Iraq as it fights al-Qaida affiliated groups, but it said, again, that American troops will not return to Iraq.

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