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SOUTH SUDAN / KERRY
Following the meeting with the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir in Juba, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the President has agreed to meet his rival Riek Machar and is considering…
2 May 2014
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GENEVA / GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN APPEAL 2019
Extremely high levels of humanitarian need, driven mainly by armed conflicts, are generating enormous suffering and displacement that will continue in 2019, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said…
4 December 2018
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GENEVA / YEMEN BEASLEY
The head of the World Food Programme David Beasley said today the WFP is preparing for “a worst case scenario” in Yemen, which would be if the Hodeidah port becomes “unoperational.” UNTV CH
4 December 2018
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UN / ESPINOSA PLASTIC POLLUTION
The President of the UN General Assembly, along with the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and Norway, today launched a global campaign against single use plastics. UNIFEED
4 December 2018
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UN / ISRAEL DANON
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters gathered outside the Security Council that “Israel is conducting a limited operation in its territory to neutralize Hezbollah terror tunnels coming from…
4 December 2018
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SOUTH SUDAN / BENTIU SEXUAL VIOLENCE
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reinforced its Human Rights team in Bentiu to help with investigations following a series of brutal sexual attacks on women and girls travelling from…
4 December 2018
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UN / ISIL CRIMES
Briefing the Security Council, the head of the United Nations team tasked with investigating crimes committed by ISIL in Iraq said that “as ISIL has been driven from its strongholds, the scope and…
4 December 2018
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GENEVA / BACHELET HUMAN RIGHTS
Speaking to journalists in Geneva on Wednesday, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that an at least 7,000 people in Deir-Ez-Zor province were trapped, amid efforts to…
5 December 2018
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IMF / LAGARDE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, called on the United States to renew its commitment to working with partners to tackle the greatest challenges, such as…
5 December 2018
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SOUTH SUDAN / UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS DAY
Volunteers across South Sudan have joined the rest of the world to mark the International Volunteers Day. In the capital, Juba, they celebrated the day with primary school pupils who are training to…
5 December 2018
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ILO / MIGRANT WORKERS REPORT
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 164 million people are migrant workers – a rise of 9 percent since 2013, when they numbered 150 million. ILO
5 December 2018
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UN / GAZA UPDATE
A UN spokesperson reiterated the Secretary-General’s condemnation for the killing of at least ten Palestinians on Sunday outside a UN school in Rafah and also said that senior UN humanitarian…
4 August 2014