Month: December 2017
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UN agencies scale up work in Bangladesh as Rohingya refugee crisis enters fourth month
As the Rohingya refugee emergency in Bangladesh enters its fourth month, United Nations agencies are scaling up their relief work…
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UN urges international cooperation to make migration safer in a world on the move
On International Migrants Day, the United Nations is appealing for cooperation in managing migration to ensure that its benefits are…
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Perpetrators of attack on church in Pakistan must be brought to justice, stresses UN chief
Denouncing Monday’s attack on a Methodist church in western Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General called for those behind the incident be…
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UN chief highlights need for Internet governance to support innovation, prevent criminal use
Adequate governance is critical to realizing the vast promise of the Internet for a better world for all, Secretary-General António Guterres told…
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Respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu claim thousands of lives every year – UN health agency
Respiratory diseases from seasonal influenza takes up to 650,000 lives annually, according to new estimates released Thursday by the United…
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Protection, well-being of uprooted children must be central to new global migration compact – UNICEF
Some 50 million children are on the move worldwide, and if countries follow best practices to ensure their safety and…
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Rohingya refugees face ‘multitude of protection risks,’ warns UN agency
The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that it is concerned about the deteriorating environment in which Rohingya refugees…
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FAO Marks World Soil Day 2017 in Iran
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad marked World Soil…
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UN stepping up support to diphtheria vaccination campaign for Rohingya children in Bangladesh
A United Nations-backed campaign to immunize Rohingya children against diphtheria began on Tuesday in Bangladesh, following an outbreak that has…
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‘Invest in the future, not the past;’ green business key to winning war on climate change – UN chief
Those who fail to bet on a green economy will be living in a grey future, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned…
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