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UN Panel Blasts North Korea for Building Nukes While Its People Starve

A United Nations committee condemned North Korea Tuesday for building nuclear weapons and missiles while its population starves.

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WFP Welcomes France’s Renewed Support For Vulnerable Families In Gaza

A contribution of €900,000 from France has enabled the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide much-needed food assistance and nutrition support to more than 20,000 people in Gaza for three months.

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WFP And Government Of Mozambique Explore Innovative Approaches To Disaster Response

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the National Institute of Disaster Management are developing a common framework for the effective use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology (commonly known as drones) for emergency response in...

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Reinforcing counter-terrorism co-operation discussed in Ad Hoc Committee’s meetings at OSCE and UNODC

Developing effective co-operation to address the threat of terrorism has been the focus of a two-day visit to Vienna by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism. Committee members met with officials from...

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