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SOUTH SUDAN / FAMINE FOOD AID
During a visit on Tuesday to famine-stricken South Sudan, heads of UN food agencies called for urgent peace to ensure that food and other lifesaving support can reach people to end famine and severe…
24 May 2017
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UN / INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS DAY
Ahead of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers marked on 29 May, the Organization today held ceremonies to pay tribute to the more than 3,500 people who have died on duty since 1948…
24 May 2017
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UN / SOUTH SUDAN
The Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, told the Security Council that as rains have arrived in South Sudan, we are seeing the “last push to…
24 May 2017
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UGANDA / REFUGEE NURSE
Bosco Niyonkuru, a refugee from Burundi, is making it his life mission to nurse patients at Nakivale hospital in Uganda back to health. It is a feat he takes on despite his own battle with cancer.…
24 May 2017
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IRAQ / MOSUL DISPLACED
In April, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) opened a new camp for Iraqis fleeing Mosul, located in the Hammam al-Alil area south of the city. Within mere weeks it filled to capacity. UNHCR
25 May 2017
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UN / PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “civilians continue to bear the brunt of conflict around the world” and that “suffering is pushed to unbearable limits when civilians…
25 May 2017
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UN / WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS
United Nations officials noted marked improvements in the world economic situation, but warned of high unemployment, inequality and other risks to the economy. UNTV
14 April 2014
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UN / YEMEN CHOLERA UPDATE
A UN spokesperson told reporters today that as of 23 May, cholera had spread to 19 of Yemen’s 22 governorates, with almost 42,000 of suspected cholera/acute watery diarrhoea cases and 418 associated…
25 May 2017
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IMF / GREECE BRAZIL GHANA
The IMF sees differences narrowing and optimism by all sides that an agreement on a program for Greece may soon be reached, Gerry Rice told reporters in Washington.
25 May 2017
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GENEVA / SYRIA CASUALTIES
The High Commissioner for Human Rights said civilians in Syria are increasingly paying the price as counter-ISIL airstrikes escalate while ISIL cracks down on those in and around areas remaining…
26 May 2017
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UN / PALESTINE
The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, said “ we are walking into another crisis with our eyes wide open” in Gaza warning the Security Council that unless “…
26 May 2017
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UN / DPRK KIM
North Korean ambassador to the UN Kim In Ryong said his Government “categorically and totally” rejected the United States and “its vassal forces that called into the question of the DPRK's…
26 May 2017