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GENEVA / BAN AID FOR TRADE
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to donors to maintain their support for "Aid for Trade" efforts to help developing countries, especially the poorest, accelerate development…
19 July 2011
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GENEVA / ETHIOPIA CHILD MORTALITY
The UN Refugee Agency reported that a deadly combination of measles and acute malnutrition is causing an average of ten deaths a day among children under the age of five at Dolla Ado refugee complex…
16 August 2011
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SOMALIA / CHOLERA
An urgent multi-sectoral response by UNICEF and partners is being mounted to contain the spread of cholera with an increasing number of confirmed cases in Mogadishu and reports of growing numbers of…
18 August 2011
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GENEVA / SYRIA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY WRAP
A new report issued by the Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry onSyriasaid that the Middle East is “closer than ever” to a regional war, while influential states are fueling a proxy war…
17 June 2014
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KENYA / WATER SUPPLY
UNICEF supports the building of a 17-kilometre pipeline that will be powered by windmills and guarantee a water supply into Kerio Center village located in the worst drought-affected areas in…
16 August 2011
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HAITI / CARAVAN ZERO CHOLERA
"Caravan Zero Cholera" recently launched in Haiti, is a national plan which aims to inform the population on hygiene measures to prevent cholera. The latest data from Haiti's health…
26 February 2011
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UN / LE ROY
Recounting challenges and accomplishments during his tenure, outgoing Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said that the UN's actions in Côte d'Ivoire "…
3 August 2011
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HORN OF AFRICA / AID UPDATE WRAP
Commenting on humanitarian access in Somalia, UNICEF's Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes Louis-Georges Arsenault said "access is a daily issue even within Mogadishu"…
2 August 2011
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MALI/ GIRLS EDUCATION
UNICEF and partners support gender equality in Mali by providing basic education to the most disadvantaged. UNICEF
20 August 2011
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UN / LIBYA JIBRIL
The Libyan Transitional Council's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Jibril briefed the press on the political and security situation in the country. UNTV
23 September 2011
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HAITI / ONE YEAR LATER
Nearly a year has passed since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti levelling the capital city and delivering a severe blow to an already unstable Haitian economy and infrastructure. The UN looks at…
11 January 2011
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GENEVA / HUMAN RIGHTS
The UN human rights office spoke out against the harsh sentences, including life imprisonment, handed down this week to several activists in Bahrain, saying their trials bear the marks of political…
24 June 2011