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From landmines to pandemics, on Mine Awareness Day UN chief says milestones reached by ‘working together’

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A deminer undergoing training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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UN chief calls for domestic violence ‘ceasefire’ amid ‘horrifying global surge’

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“No more femicides,” reads this graffiti, scrawled on a wall in Mexico City, where public...

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WHO and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

WHO and UNICEF on 3 April,2020 announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.

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COVID-19: The global food supply chain is holding up, for now

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The World Food Programme is working with partner organization the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to...

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