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High-level North Korean Defector Urges Engagement With Pyongyang

The highest-level North Korean defector to make it out of the country in 20 years says the West must use "maximum engagement" with the Kim Jong Un regime.

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Push for Global Goals makes partnerships, innovation 'more important than ever,' UN forum in Bahrain told

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Hiroshi Kuniyoshi, the UNIDO Deputy Director General and Managing Director of External...

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Rohingya refugees drown as boat capsizes in rough waters off coast of Bangladesh – UN

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At least 4 Rohingya refugees died when their boat capsized close to shore in southern...

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UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Syria’s East Ghouta as part of United Nations humanitarian convoy

UNICEF participated on Oct 30 in a United Nations humanitarian assistance convoy to two towns in the besieged area of East Ghouta, rural Damascus. These towns are Kafr Batna and Saqba.

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