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Countries back ‘ambitious and comprehensive’ reform of UN development system

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Secretary-General António Guterres (center) addresses the General Assembly on the...

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Heavy Fighting Traps Civilians in Eastern Libyan City

More than 120,000 people are trapped inside the eastern Libyan city of Derna by heavy fighting between Islamists and forces commanded by General Khalifa Haftar.

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UNHCR and UNDP agree on text of MoU with Myanmar to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNDP, the UN Development Programme, on May 31, agreed in Nay Pyi Taw with the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the text for the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). It is planned that the...

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Croatian Border Police Fire at Van of Illegal Migrants; 9 Hurt

Nine people were hurt, including two children, when Croatian border police fired at a van full of illegal migrants that refused to stop.

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