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Moscow-Damascus Safe Corridor Helps Scores Leave Besieged Aleppo
Smoke rises after an airstrike in the rebel held area of old Aleppo, Syria April 18, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail More than 150 civilians, mostly women and children, left besieged eastern...
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Peace Talks With Yemen Houthi Rebels Extended By a Week Says UN Envoy
UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed leaves after a meeting with Houthi movement officials in Sanaa, Yemen July 14, 2016. Credit: Khaled Abdullah, Reuters/Files Cairo: Talks aimed at...
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Erdogan to Close Military Schools to Reduce Army Influence
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience as he visits the Turkish police special forces base damaged by fighting during a coup attempt in Ankara, Turkey, July 29, 2016. Credit: Kayhan...
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Why We Need to Find a Cure For ‘Social Death’
Recognising the symptoms of the dispossessed will prevent crimes against humanity. Hands of Homelessness. Credit: Wayne S. Grazio/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Every year, over 50 million people in the world...
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Houthi Militants Reject UN Proposal, Yemen Government Leaves Talks
Houthi fighters react while riding on the back of a truck as they attend a tribal gathering in Sanaa, Yemen, July 16, 2016. Mohamed al-Sayaghi, Reuters/Files Dubai: Yemeni government negotiators said...
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UN Backtracks on Statement to Continue Monitoring Kashmir Situation Through...
The clarification seems to imply that the situation and incidents in Kashmir are India’s internal matter and do not come under the control of UNMOGIP, which only observes and reports on ceasefire...
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UN Urges Somalia to Ban Female Genital Mutilation
Campaign road sign in Uganda against FGM. Credit: Wikimedia Commons London: Somalia‘s next government should ensure a law is passed banning all forms of female genital mutilation (FGM), a UN official...
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges Protection For Children After Saudi Arabia Uproar
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference at a United Nations-run school in Gaza City June 28, 2016. Suhail Salem. Credit: Reuters/Files United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon...
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What India Needs to Learn About Disability Rights
For all our unity in diversity claims, India has not been able to accept people with disabilities. The answer to why this persists perhaps lies in the fact that persons with disabilities have remained...
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UN Report on Yemen Says Houthis Used Human Shields and ISIS Received Funds
Houthi militants sit on the back of a police patrol truck in Yemen’s capital Sanaa August 24, 2015. Credit: Khaled Abdullah, Reuters/Files United Nations: Yemen‘s Houthi rebels used civilians as human...
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What the Drought-Stricken Farms of Madagascar Need is Climate-Smart Agriculture
“Madagascar is facing great calamity and in order to boost the agricultural sector, farming must be approached as a broader development agenda.” Madagascar drought. Credit: Public Domain Images...
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Colombian Government and FARC Agree on Demobilisation Plan
Colombia’s lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle (R) and Colombia’s FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez shake hands after signing the protocol and timetable for the disarmament of the FARC in...
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Second UNSC Straw Poll for UN Top Job Reveals a Problematic Selection Process
Antonio Guterres now seems like the only plausible candidate, given the number of ‘discourage’ votes received by the others. Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference on the subject of the...
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Despite Sanctions, Commodity Prices Remain Stable in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides the 3rd Meeting of Activists of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in the Movement for Winning the Title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment in this undated photo released...
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Africa’s Great Green Wall is Building Hope For the Hungry, Uniting People...
The Great Green Wall initiative started a decade ago. Credit: Great Green Wall/In-Depth NewsRio de Janeiro: Beneath the glitz and glamour, the Samba and Rio’s carnival-like atmosphere, this year’s...
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Russia’s Use of Iran Base May Violate UN Resolution
A still image, taken from video footage and released by Russia’s defence ministry on August 16, 2016, shows a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bomber based in Iran dropping off bombs at an unknown...
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Philippines Threatens to Leave UN Because of Criticism
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech during the 115th Police Service Anniversary at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Quezon city, metro Manila,...
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Electing a New UN Chief: A Woman, an East European or Who?
The ambitious goal of having a woman seems to have been forsaken. File photo of UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon. Credit: UN photo/Mark Garten New York: Ahead of the third straw poll – an upcoming game...
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Portugal’s Antonio Guterres Retains Lead in Race to be Next UN Chief
Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees, pauses during a news conference for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2016 at the UN European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland December...
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Myanmar’s Rohingya “Deserve a Future, Hope and Dignity”: UN Chief
A woman walks among debris after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine State near Sittwe, Myanmar May 3, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun...
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