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High-level joint conference on the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan, Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan and priority needs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

On 10 April, the Kurdistan Regional Government together with the United Nations and its partners held a high-level joint conference on the priority needs in the Kurdistan Region.

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WHO demands ‘unhindered access’ to site of suspected chemical attack in Syria

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Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria.

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Despite drop in numbers, desperate migrants to Europe face greater perils, UN refugee agency reports

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Refugees on board an Italian Coast Guard ship, which rescued them after their boat capsized off...

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Disease outbreaks threaten Papua New Guinea’s quake-hit communities – UN

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A UNICEF health official gives safe drinking water and oral retardation salts to a mother for...

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