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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
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SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI ATTACKS
The UN Mission in South Sudan has been deploying troops around various locations of the Jonglei state with an aim of investigating reasons for current unrest in the area and also to help deter tribal…
23 September 2011
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HAITI / FAMILY REUNION
Like many people in Haiti, the Charles family members' lives completely changed after last year's earthquake and the parents could no longer afford to look after their three daughters.…
6 January 2011
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GENEVA / COTE D’IVOIRE HUMAN RIGHTS
UN human rights spokesperson Rupert Colville said today that recent events in Cote d'Ivoire were an "international crime, quite possibly a crime against humanity and we are very concerned…
18 March 2011
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SERBIA / KURDISH REFUGEE
After a harrowing journey to Europe, a Kurdish teen from Iraq starts a new life in Belgrade, Serbia. UNHCR
16 April 2019
General Assembly
26th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 50th Session - Part 2
High level officials address the general debate of the 50th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 11 October 1995).
10 October 1995
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IMF / ANNUAL MEETINGS
The IMF and World Bank Annual meetings formally began today with an urgent call for action to rebalance the global economy from the Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde. IMF
23 September 2011
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OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN TORTURE DETENTION
In its latest report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan published today, the UN documents an encouraging reduction in the number of cases of torture since 2016, but notes…
17 April 2019