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Syrian civilians "desperate" for immediate ceasefire: UN aid coordinator

Lives are being lost "every hour" that conflict continues to rage in Syria, and civilians are...

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News in Brief 08 February 2018

Philippines, Venezuela focus of ICC preliminary examinations The International Criminal Court...

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Migrant deaths at US-Mexico border surpass 400 in 2017: IOM

Although migrant apprehensions at the US-Mexican border decreased in 2017, the number of people...

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News in Brief 07 February 2018

More than 300 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan More than 300 child soldiers...

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"Ready to go when crisis strikes": 25 years of UN rapid disaster response

It's exactly 25 years since the UN created a new international emergency response team to respond...

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News in Brief 06 February 2018 – Geneva

Burundi risks becoming a forgotten refugee crisis The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed...

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Funding and support needed to protect Pacific cultural heritage: UNESCO expert

A village and cemetery in Vanuatu connected to a chief who ruled four centuries ago are an...

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Effective peacekeeping "virtually impossible" without women troops: UN Force Commander

It is "virtually impossible" to fully serve and protect civilians who rely on UN peacekeeping...

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Effective peacekeeping "virtually impossible" without women troops: UN Force Commander

It is "virtually impossible" to fully serve and protect civilians who rely on UN peacekeeping...

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News in Brief 05 February 2018

Further proof of chemical weapons use in Syria should be met with "meaningful response": UN...

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Saved from Auschwitz to bear witness to the world: Eva Lavi's extraordinary story

She describes herself as "only an ordinary woman", but Eva Lavi made an extraordinary...

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Robotics provide teen girls with path to personal and professional development

Learning how to build and programme your own robot promotes personal development while also...

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News in Brief 02 February 2018

Migrants bodies wash ashore in Libya At least 90 migrants have drowned after their boat capsized...

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Untreatable infections due to high antibiotic resistance: WHO

New surveillance data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows disturbing levels of...

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Holocaust survivor makes human rights his life's work

From the ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland to the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and...

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News in Brief 01 February 2018

"Human cost" of conflict in South Sudan has reached "epic proportions": UNHCR chief The "human...

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Holocaust survivor makes human rights his life's work

From the ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland to the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and...

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Anne Frank's childhood friend says world still hasn't learned about genocide

  A Holocaust survivor and former playmate of one of history's most tragic figures has a message...

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News in Brief 31 January 2018

Holocaust commemoration about the past and the future: UN Secretary-General Although hatred may...

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