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WFP Funding Crunch In Palestine Threatens Food Voucher Assistance

Unless new funding quickly arrives, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) may be forced to suspend its voucher food assistance in July for nearly 150,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank, the majority of whom are women and children.

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On World Day Against Child Labour, UN urges protection for children in conflicts and disasters

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A fifteen-year-old child works to weld a frame in Sana’a, Yemen.

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Joint African action crucial to protect persons with albinism from violence, highlights UN expert

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A child, who is blind and has albinism reads Braille at a primary school for children with disabilities in...

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Not only strong, but smart policies needed to combat terrorism – UN chief

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Secretary-General António Guterres.

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