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UGANDA / SOUTH SUDANESE CHILDREN
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said more than half of the children arriving in Uganda from South Sudan are exhausted, ill, stressed and many severely traumatized after a gruelling…
31 May 2017
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UN / END OF CHILDHOOD REPORT
A new report by the Save the Children Fund on key factors ending childhood around the world and how to best keep childhood intact reveals that childhood is, “most intact in Scandinavian and European…
31 May 2017
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YEMEN / CHILDREN DIARRHEA
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen by 10,000 in the past 72 hours to a total of 65,300. UNICEF
31 May 2017
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UN / OCEANS SMALL ISLAND STATES
Amid speculation that the United States will drop out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, the Seychelles Ambassador, Ronald Jean Jumeau, said “the absence of USA does not make the glass half empty…
31 May 2017
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GREECE / SYRIAN REFUGEE
Jihan is one of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers who put their lives at risk attempting to enter Greece, the southern most border of the European Union. The steady flow of illegal arrivals…
28 June 2014
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LONDON / REFUGEE BIKE SHOP
A bicycle shop in London is giving refugees newfound freedom by handing out refurbished bicycles. And it’s become the thriving centre for a community, too. UNHCR
31 May 2017
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INDONESIA / FISH PATROL
Indonesia is one of the largest fish producers and exporters in the world and more than 90 percent of production comes from artisanal fishing. Over the last decade, demand for fish in Asia has been…
1 June 2017
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SYRIA / HOMS RETURNEE FAMILY
After being uprooted five times by fighting in Homs, Abdul Kader al-Haje and his family are making the best of resettling back in their home, among the debris. UNHCR
1 June 2017
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GENEVA / CAR HUMANITARIAN
Nearly a quarter of the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) has been displaced due to a recent upsurge in conflict in the area, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of…
1 June 2017
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UN / OCEAN CONFERENCE PRESSER
The President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thomson, said the high aim for the next weeks Ocean Conference is for it to be the moment in history where we put the “cycle of decline” humanity has…
1 June 2017
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UN / BOLIVIA SECURITY COUNCIL
Ambassador Sacha Llorentty of Bolivia, President of the Security Council for the month of June, said that the situation in Venezuela “is an issue that does not belong at the Security Council” as “it…
1 June 2017
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UN / HONEYBEES
The President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, officially welcomed three colonies of Italian honeybees to the United Nations Headquarters in New York as part of the United Nations’ ongoing…
1 June 2017