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GENEVA / CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Four international humanitarian groups have temporarily suspended aid in the Central African Republic for security reasons, after repeated attacks against their workers. UNTV CH
5 May 2017
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IRAQ / BAN
After meeting withIraq’s leaders inBaghdadtoday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saidIraqis facing “an existential threat” that could be overcome through the formation of an “inclusive government”…
24 July 2014
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WHO / ROAD SAFETY
Managing speed, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), suggests that excessive or inappropriate speed contributes to one in every three road traffic fatalities worldwide. WHO
5 May 2017
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UN / LEBANON REFUGEES
UN humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon Philippe Lazzarini said signs of “hospitality fatigue” were emerging in the country after showing the world what hospitality and solidarity “is all about” in…
5 May 2017
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SOUTH SUDAN / MILLION REFUGEE CHILDREN
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported today that more than one million children have now fled South Sudan where ever-escalating conflict is ravaging…
8 May 2017
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GENEVA / DRC HUMANITARIAN
The head of the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said the number of displaced people in the Kasai region increased by a hundred thousand in the last week to…
8 May 2017
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UN / LIBYA BENSOUDA
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the UN Security Council today she is “deeply alarmed by reports that thousands of vulnerable migrants, including women and children, are being…
8 May 2017
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GENEVA / SHIPWRECK CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said nearly 250 people are missing and feared dead following two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days. UNTV CH
9 May 2017
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UN / EU MOGHERINI
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said recent elections in several European countries proved that Europeans “have now focused on what there is to lose and on the fact that what can sound…
9 May 2017
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LEBANON / REFUGEE SURFER
Ali, a refugee from Aleppo, was 14 when he spotted a group of surfers off the coast of Lebanon where he lived with his family. Although Ali had never seen the sea before, he was immediately hit by…
9 May 2017
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UN / THE ELDERS
Mary Robinson, a former United Nations official and a representative of “The Elders”- an independent group of global leaders - said the United States would become “a rogue state” if it pulls out of…
9 May 2017
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WORLD BANK / BAN KI-MOON ENDING POVERTY
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim urged young people globally to start a social movement to end poverty at an event in Washington DC. WORLD BANK
10 April 2014