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Vital for Sri Lanka to send message that 'impunity is no longer tolerated' underlines UN rights chief

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Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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Nearly 600 million children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 - UNICEF

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1 February 2017, Sulem Hire 9, carries a jerry can of water to her home four...

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Nowruz a reminder that heritage helps make resilient, sustainable societies – UN cultural agency

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In Afghanistan, bakeries prepare a special type of cookie, called “Kulcha-e Nowrozi,” which is only baked for...

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UNHCR condemns refugee deaths off Yemen, calls for inquiry

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, condemns last Thursday’s incident in which 42 people, including refugees, were killed when a boat carrying around 145 passengers - among them women and children - came under fire off Yemen’s west coast, near Al Hudaydah...

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