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UNHCR Chief visits Hungary, calls for greater access to asylum, end to detention and more solidarity with refugees

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (right) meets with officials at Röszke Transit Zone in Hungary. Röszke is one...

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UN Aid Chief: Humanitarian response saves lives in Nigeria’s north-east, civilian safety must be prioritized

At the end of a two-day mission to Nigeria, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, said that the Government and humanitarians had made important progress in delivering life-...

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OSCE organizes risk assessment and crisis management exercise in Slovakia on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks

A national table top exercise focusing on preparedness and protection of non-nuclear critical energy infrastructure against IT-based terrorist attacks concluded on 13 September 2017 in Bratislava.

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UN and partners aiding ‘unprecedented’ flow of refugees from Myanmar

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People arriving are in urgent need of life-saving assistance , including food, water and sanitation, health...

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