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UN migration agency: young Rohingya girls, largest group of trafficking victims in camps

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Rohingya refugees make their way down a footpath during a heavy monsoon downpour in...

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World Food Day 2018: Our Actions are Our Future. A #ZeroHunger and #Nutritious Sri Lanka by 2030 is possible

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) kicked off World Food Day 2018 on October 16 under the patronage of His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Democratic Socialist Republic of...

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Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact

Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations signed a landmark commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals on October 16, 2018...

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Investing in rural women and girls, ‘essential’ for everyone’s future: UN chief

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The poorest and most vulnerable people in Rwanda have benefited from the “Green Village”...

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