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JORDAN / YOUTH ENVOY ZAATARI REFUGEES
UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake visited the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan where she met with Syrian refugee women and children and participated in activities supported by various UN agencies…
17 June 2019
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UN / UNAIDS VICTORIA BECKHAM WRAP
The new UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, Victoria Beckham, said "Babies should not be born with HIV." Beckham, who recently traveled to South Africa, said "everybody deserves the right to…
25 September 2014
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GENEVA / DRC DISPLACEMENT
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said more than 300,000 people have been forced to flee resurgent inter-ethnic violence in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just this month.…
18 June 2019
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CAR / PRISON OFFICERS TRAINING 18 JUN 19
Recruited in 2019 with the support of UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), 150 new prison officers and assistants are receiving training at the National School of Magistracy (ENAM)…
18 June 2019
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JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEE BUSINESS
Syrian refugee Ehab and Jordanian programmer Amani founded Drag IOT (Internet of things), a tech start-up selling high-tech programming kits. UNHCR
18 June 2019
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SOUTH SUDAN / GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Fifty women representing various parts of South Sudan’s uniformed security sectors have met at a two-day workshop in South Sudan’s capital Juba, to chart a way forward for various ways of how they…
18 June 2019
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UN / HATE SPEECH STRATEGY
At the launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action to combat hate speech today, UN chief António Guterres said, “Hate speech may have gained a foothold. But it is now on notice. We will…
18 June 2019
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UN / GUTERRES SYRIA IDLIB
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his deep concern about the escalation of the fighting in Idlib, Syria, adding that “the situation is especially dangerous given the involvement of an…
18 June 2019
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UN / PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
Coinciding with the 17th annual Head of Military Component Conference, the Security Council heard from peacekeeping officials and Force Commanders on issues including the protection of civilians,…
18 June 2019
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GERMANY / GRANDI BERLIN FREE UNIVERSITY
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on students and youth to fight the “narrative of impossibility” that dangerously leads to policies of exclusion. In a speech at Berlin’s Free…
18 June 2019
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UN / SYRIA IDLIB
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Idlib, Syria, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said, “counter-terrorism cannot overtake obligations under international…
18 June 2019
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ILO / LESHOTHO CUBA COLOMBIA
King Letsie III of Lesotho, Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa, First Vice-President of Cuba and Iván Duque Márquez, the President of Colombia addressed the 108th International Labour Conference today in…
19 June 2019