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Nearly three million more displaced year-on-year, warns refugee agency chief, but solutions are within reach

Nearly three million more displaced year-on-year, warns refugee agency chief, but solutions are within reach
19 June 2018
The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million to 68.5 million, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, warning that the world’s displacement hotspots “are becoming hotter”. Citing ongoing, protracted violence around the globe and a lack of solutions…
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UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable’ US border policy of separating migrant children from parents

UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable’ US border policy of separating migrant children from parents
19 June 2018
Countries back ‘ambitious and comprehensive’ reform of UN development system

Countries back ‘ambitious and comprehensive’ reform of UN development system
04 June 2018
UN chief launches new disarmament agenda ‘to secure our world and our future’

UN chief launches new disarmament agenda ‘to secure our world and our future’
25 May 2018

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Women journalists in Afghanistan, defiant in the face of violence

Women journalists in Afghanistan, defiant in the face of violence
The cold-blooded murder took place just days before World Press Freedom Day marked annually on May 3rd. Outside the Afghan capital, the dangers of reporting the news, particularly as a woman, have never been so apparent. Sediqa Sherzai is the news director of Radio-TV Roshani, a media organization In Kunduz in the north of Afghanistan. Her female reporters are under constant threat not only from…
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Governments should place more emphasis on drug treatment and rehabilitation, says UN-backed narcotics control board

Governments should place more emphasis on drug treatment and rehabilitation, says UN-backed narcotics control board
‘We are all at risk’ when humanity’s values are abandoned; UN honours memory of Holocaust victims

‘We are all at risk’ when humanity’s values are abandoned; UN honours memory of Holocaust victims
'Long walk to freedom' unfinished for women, girls – Deputy Secretary-General says in Mandela lecture

'Long walk to freedom' unfinished for women, girls – Deputy Secretary-General says in Mandela lecture

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