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UN’s global emergency response fund allocates additional $12 million to urgently help refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, on October 3, released an additional US$12 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently help the most vulnerable people fleeing...

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Japan Boosts WFP Food And Nutrition Programmes In Cholera-Ridden Yemen

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$1 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide much-needed food and nutrition assistance in Yemen over the coming months on Oct 04. With these funds, WFP will be able to...

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One year after Hurricane Matthew, Haiti’s children still vulnerable to natural disasters

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A child stands for a photograph near the destroyed École Mixtes Pierre Louis Marie in Dame-Marie, Haiti.

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Sustainable cities key to implement SDGs, says head of UN regional forum

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Aerial view of Lima, the capital of Peru.

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