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South Sudan signs the 1951 Refugee Convention

A mother holds her newborn child at the Bunj hospital, Maban refugee camp, South Sudan during a visit by HRH Sarah Zeid of...

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UNHCR warns over Mediterranean rescue capacity

The NGO vessel Aquarius arrives in the port of Valetta, Malta, in August 2018.

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Despite gaps in legal framework, fundamental freedoms were respected in impartially administered referendum, international observers say in Skopje

Ambassador Jan Petersen, head of the referendum observation mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...

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Support for underfunded crises from UN Emergency Fund

The Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) has finalised allocations totalling $80 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for humanitarian response to some of the UN's least well-funded 2018 response plans across Africa, Asia, and the...

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