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GENEVA / YEMEN HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
According to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the fighting in Taizz, Yemen, continues and has displaced nearly 50,000 people since the beginning of the year. UNTV CH
16 May 2017
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UN / WORLD ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPECTS
The mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017 (WESP 2017) confirms the projections made in the January report, indicating a modest recovery in global growth for 2017-2018.…
16 May 2017
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CAR / BANGUASSOU
The United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) said the situation in Banguassou is gradually returning to normal after the city witnessed a series of heavy attacks last week on…
16 May 2017
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UN / DPRK
United States Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters that her government is “willing to talk” with North Korea, “but not until we see a total stop of the nuclear process and of any test there.” UNIFEED
16 May 2017
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WHO / WORLD HEALTH STATISTICS
Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from the World Health Organization show, highlighting improvements countries have made on collecting vital statistics and…
17 May 2017
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UN / SOMALIA
The UN deputy representative for Somalia, Raisedon Zenenga, said “the tragedy emanating from the severe drought continues to unfold” in the country as the resulting humanitarian crisis “has…
17 May 2017
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SOMALIA / YOUTH EDUCATION
Nineteen-year-old Iqra Ali Omar lived with relatives, after her parents divorced at a tender age. Were it not for her resilient spirit, Iqra’s fate would have been like that of many other young…
17 May 2017
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UN / SDG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY
The Chairman of XPrize Foundation, Peter Diamandis, said “we are heading towards a time where the education of the son or daughter of a billionaire and the education of the poorest child in the…
17 May 2017
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UNICEF / REFUGEE MIGRANT CHILDREN
In a new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said the global number of refugee and migrant children moving alone has reached a record high, increasing nearly five-fold since 2010.…
17 May 2017
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UN / RWANDA GENOCIDE KWIBUKA 20
“Kwibuka 20” remember – unite - renew”, is a series of events around the world marking the 20-year anniversary of genocide in Rwanda - when nearly 1 million people were killed in 100 days. The…
27 February 2014
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UN / VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s Ambassador, Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño, rejected the “failed intention of the US to bring the Venezuelan situation as an issue in the Security Council” stressing that it “never will be…
17 May 2017
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GENEVA / UNICEF REFUGEE CHILDREN
UNICEF’s Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Afsan Khan said the endless “misery, ruthless smugglers, rampant sexual and physical abuse, and forms of slavery and detention” faced by refugee…
18 May 2017