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On Fifteenth Anniversary of Baghdad Bombing, UN Humanitarian Chief renews call for Protection of Aid Workers and Civilians

World Humanitarian Day 2018 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, in which 22 UN staff and other civilians lost their lives. Each year on 19 August, the humanitarian community remembers aid...

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Senate Introduces Resolution to End Violence Against Children Worldwide

ChildFund, Futures Without Violence, Save the Children and World Vision applaud the introduction of S.Res. 606 by Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas and Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, calling on Congress to recognize the harmful impact that violence has on...

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‘Unconscionable’ to kill aid workers, civilians: UN Emergency Coordinator

A girl, carrying jerrycans of water, walks past a pile of debris, on a street in Aleppo,...

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Rights Group Demands Freedom for Jailed Vietnamese Environmentalist

Amnesty International is demanding Vietnam immediately and unconditionally free environmental activist Le Dinh Luong, who is scheduled to go on trial Thursday.

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