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Group's Nobel Peace Prize win spotlights need to end 'nuclear nightmare' says UN chief

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Signing Ceremony for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at UN Headquarters...

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Statement by UNICEF Nigeria Representative a.i. Pernille Ironside on the release of children from administrative custody

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On 4 November 2016 in Maiduguri, Nigeria, newly-reunited families receive care packages from UNICEF and...

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Asylum and refugee protection represent ‘humanity at its best,’ says senior UN official

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Families who fled militia attacks in Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo arrive at...

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Empower teachers; give them the freedom to teach, UN urges on World Day

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Children in their classroom as the teacher conducts the lesson at the St. Louis Primary School in...

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