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UN agencies scale up work in Bangladesh as Rohingya refugee crisis enters fourth month

A young child walking through the Chonkhola camp for Rohingya refugees in Chakdhala,...

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OSCE Chief Monitor Ertugrul Apakan urges restraint as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates

As the security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates, Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), called for restraint and full adherence to the agreed ceasefire, on December 19.

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UNHCR releases recommendations to Bulgaria’s Council Presidency at a critical moment for asylum reform in the European Union

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on December 18 released a set of recommendations to the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

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UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria gravely concerned by ambush on convoy carrying humanitarian items in Borno State

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, strongly deplores the deadly ambush on a convoy carrying humanitarian food supplies for conflict-affected persons on Saturday 16 December, and expressed grave concern over the limitations...

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