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‘Do something’; UN relief chief urges Security Council action to stop the Syrian carnage unfolding ‘in front of your eyes’

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock...

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UNICEF breaks ground on Africa’s first-of-its-kind recycled plastic brick factory in Côte d'Ivoire

UNICEF, in partnership with Colombian social enterprise Conceptos Plasticos, announced it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory that will convert plastic waste collected in Côte d'Ivoire into modular plastic bricks on July 29, 2019. The...

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Voices of Afghan women ‘must be heard at the table in the peace process and beyond’ UN deputy chief tells Security Council

Afghan women have “paid a high price” during their country’s nearly four decades of conflict, the United Nations deputy chief said on Friday, addressing the Security Council a day after Kabul had been hit with a fresh round of “horrific” bomb attacks...

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UN human rights chief fears world has grown numb to Syrian carnage

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An estimated 26,000 children aged 3-17 in Al Hol camp of Syria's Hasakeh governorate have...

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