Month: August 2018
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Joint event of UNFPA, UNESCO and UNICEF on the occasion of International Youth Day 2018
On 12 August, UNFPA, UNESCO and UNICEF in a joint event with Ministry of Sport and Youth, Iranian National Commission…
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UNICEF appeals for end to ‘war on children’ in Syria and Yemen
Attacks against children caught in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen must stop, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday.…
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To beat hunger and combat climate change, world must ‘scale-up’ soil health – UN
Healthy soils are essential to achieve ‘Zero Hunger’ – and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – peace and prosperity, the United Nations…
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Yemen bus attack just the latest outrage against civilians: UN agencies
An air strike on a busy market area in Yemen that reportedly killed scores of people including more than 20…
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‘Pioneering’ former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet officially appointed new UN human rights chief
After a vote on Friday by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, hailed a “pioneer”…
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As Hiroshima observes 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing, UN notes ‘stalled’ progress on nuclear disarmament
The world needs the continued moral leadership of the people of Hiroshima, the top United Nations disarmament official said on…
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UN targets half a million Yemenis in battle-scarred Hudaydah with cholera vaccine – UNICEF
Over a year after cholera broke out in Yemen, killing more than 2,000 people, the disease is back and spreading…
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Human rights experts denounce Trump’s attacks against media
The United Nations expert on free expression has condemned President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the press, warning that the US leader’s…
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Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic
A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has…
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Suicide attack killing dozens at prayer in Afghan mosque ‘may amount to war crimes,’ says top UN official
A suicide attack that took place inside a Shia mosque in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing 48 and injuring more…
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