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OPT / EDUCATION
In Dkaika, a small Bedouin community of the West Bank, UNICEF is using art to provide psychosocial support for children. According to UNICEF, hundreds of villagers have no electricity, no piped water…
30 September 2011
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UN / COTE D’IVOIRE WRAP
The UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire today confirmed that the country's former president Laurent Gbagbo has surrendered to forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara and is…
11 April 2011
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IMF / GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT PREVIEW
According to the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report, risks to the financial system are on the rise and both advanced and emerging economies need to take immediate policy actions. IMF
21 September 2011
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UN / DRUGS AND PEACE WRAP
The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov told the Security Council today that crisis situations such as recent events in the Middle East, Somalia or Afghanistan…
24 June 2011
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SUDAN / BAN KIIR
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with South Sudan president elect Salva Kiir saying he was happy to join the president to celebrate the independence of South Sudan and was "confident" that…
8 July 2011
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TUNISIA / REFUGEES LIBYA
Up to a 2,000 people a day are escaping the fighting in Libya and crossing the border to Tunisia. The Tunisian government estimates that well over 100,000 have crossed since late February. UNHCR
7 March 2011
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SUDAN / KHARTOUM MENKERIOS
The head of the UN mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Haile Menkerios said that in two days, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) interim period which began six years ago to bring an end to one of the…
7 July 2011
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AFGHANISTAN / MATERNAL MORTALITY ADVANCER
More than half of Afghanistan's children are chronically malnourished and nearly 200 out of every thousand children do not live to see their fifth birthday. Most of those deaths, could easily…
19 September 2011
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UN / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Speaking at a meeting on sustainable development Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that at next month's Rio + 20 Conference the UN's vision "must be clear," pushing for a "…
13 May 2011
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GA / MALALA MDGS
With Malala Yousafzai by his side, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (18 Aug) marked 500 days of action until the deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals, known worldwide as the “MDGs.”
18 August 2014
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EGYPT-LIBYA BORDER / STRANDED
Thousands of people are still stranded at the Egyptian border crossing with Libya. Many of them are migrant workers, they don't fit the criteria to secure visas to enter Egypt and many don'…
7 March 2011
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HAITI / ELECTION REAX
UN Secretary-General welcomes the announcement by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of the final results of the first round of presidential and legislative elections in Haiti, encouraging all…
3 February 2011