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GENEVA / SYRIA EGELAND
Commenting on the alleged chemical attack in Syria, the UN Special Advisor Jan Egeland told reporters in Geneva “there are conflicting reports emerging about what caused which effects in this area.…
6 April 2017
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UN / MALI
In his first address the Security Council as peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council despite the positive progress in the past few months in implementing the Malian peace…
6 April 2017
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WFP / BOKO HARAM NIGERIA CHAD
The prolonged humanitarian crisis in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency has had a devastating impact on food and nutrition security in Northeast Nigeria, with 44,000 people facing famine-like…
6 April 2017
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UKRAINE / CHILDREN
More than 200,000 children, or 1-in-4, in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial support to address the trauma of…
6 April 2017
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IMF / EGYPT GREECE BOSNIA
A spokesperson for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the Fund was offering support to Egypt to help bring down inflation and protect the country’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens. IMF
6 April 2017
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UN / PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
Opening the Security Council's peacekeeping operations review, Secretary-General António Guterres said that “peace operations are at a crossroads” and “our task is to keep them relevant with…
6 April 2017
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GENEVA / SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS REAX
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) said the suspected chemical attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun “would amount to a war crime” if confirmed. UNTV CH
7 April 2017
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UN / SYRIA US STRIKE REAX
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General António Guterres “appealed for restraint to avoid any acts that could deepen the suffering of the Syrian people” following reports of US…
7 April 2017
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GENEVA / UNICEF CHILDREN UKRAINE
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said they are “very, very concerned” for some 200,000 children living near the “contact-line” that divides Government-controlled and armed group-controlled areas in…
7 April 2017
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IMF / LAGARDE UKRAINE
The International Monetary Fund Executive Board on Wednesday approved a $17.01 billion IMF loan to Ukraine, backed by a comprehensive program of economic reforms. IMF
1 May 2014
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UGANDA / SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES
Some six thousand people, mostly women and children, have fled into Uganda after a recent attack on Pajok town in South Sudan bringing the total number of South Sudaneserefugees sheltering in Uganda…
7 April 2017
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UN / SYRIA STRIKE
Following the United States (US) militarily response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this week, the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, told the Security…
7 April 2017