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UN Refugee Agency chief seeks to deepen cooperation with China

China can play a key role in steering development efforts to help resolve refugee crises, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, as he concluded his first official visit to Beijing on June 8th.

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Conflict and drought deepen food insecurity in Africa, Middle East – UN agency

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Community members transport humanitarian supplies delivered in Mayendit town, South...

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UN agencies explore nuclear applications to combat food fraud and contamination

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A researcher tests tomatoes at the IAEA’s Food and Environmental Laboratory in...

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More than 40,000 children in the line of fire in Ar-Raqqa, Syria, as fighting intensifies

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On 18 May 2017 in Al-Tabqa city in the Syrian Arab Republic, Hasan, 12 (red shirt) and his friends walk past a destroyed car. He...

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