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Yemen Humanitarian Fund allocates US$70 million for life-saving activities

The Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF) managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated US$70 million to provide critical life-saving activities across Yemen.

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Four billion people have no social security protection - UN labour agency

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Ronda (right), who has been living in the open, washes clothes in the UN Protection of...

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After DPRK missile launch, UN political chief urges Security Council to ‘do all it can’ to prevent escalation

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Security Council Meeting on Non-proliferation/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Child malnutrition levels increase sharply in besieged Syrian town of East Ghouta

Violence, lack of humanitarian access and sky-rocketing food prices have worsened malnutrition among young children in besieged East Ghouta. Nearly 400,000 people – half of them are estimated to be children – remain trapped in the area which has been...

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