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Global Coalition Calls for Withdrawal of SDGs Report, Says Amendment Needed
The report submitted to the General Assembly, states that over 90% of the world’s population used improved drinking water sources in 2015, without indicating the current measures of progress for the...
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Qatar Pushes to Reopen Neighbouring Skies, Matter Left Unresolved
A pedestrian walks past the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 16, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Christinne Muschi Montreal: Qatar‘s efforts...
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Africa Could Help Feed the World – But Only if Its Fertile Land Doesn’t...
Two-thirds of the African continent is desert or drylands and nearly 75% of agricultural land is estimated to be degraded to varying degrees. From left to right: Heads of state Mahamadou Issoufou of...
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How a Refugee Brought the Tastes of Syria to the Kitchens of Greece
“We’re here today to say that in cooking, in the kitchen, there are no differences. We’re all the same, we’re all human.” Traditional Syrian dishes are seen on a table during the Refugee Food Festival...
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UN Employee Held for Fraud in Visa, Underpaying Bangladeshi Worker
Bangladeshi national and UN employee Hamidur Rashid exits following his arraignment at the US District Courthouse for the Southern District of New York, in Manhattan, New York, US, June 20, 2017....
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India to Become Most Populous Country in the World by 2024
Credit: UN United Nations: India’s population could surpass that of China’s around 2024, two years later than previously estimated, and is projected to touch 1.5 billion in 2030, according to a UN...
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Worst of Famine Over but Most Still Hungry in South Sudan
Children displaced by war in South Sudan play by a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) truck at the Palabek Refugee Settlement Camp in Lamwo district, Uganda June 16, 2017. Picture...
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Congo to Withdraw Troops From the Central African Republic
United Nations peacekeeping force vehicles drive by houses destroyed by violence in September, in an abandoned village, Central African Republic April 27, 2017. Picture taken April 27, 2017 Credit:...
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India, Israel and Palestine: A Triangle That Does Not Sum Up
When Modi visits Israel on July 4, what should we expect? Will he refer to the Palestinian cause? Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in New York in 2014....
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US Ready to Use Force on North Korea If Needed, Says UN Envoy
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley at UN headquarters in New York City, US, January 27, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Stephanie Keith UN: The US cautioned on Wednesday it was ready to use force if need be to...
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Mosul Basic Infrastructure Repair Will Cost Over $1 Billion: UN
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Rogue Colombian FARC Rebels Free UN Hostage
Members of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) patrol in the remote mountains of Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. Credit: Reuters/John...
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Corpses Rot on the Streets of Raqqa as Syria’s Conflict Rages On
A Kurdish fighter from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) looks at a smoke after an coalition airstrike in Raqqa, Syria June 16, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic Beirut: When Abu Ahmad stepped...
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Cyprus Reunification Talks Fail, UN Chief Apologises
A girl holds a placard during a demonstration in favour of a peace settlement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots on divided Cyprus, at Ledra’s checkpoint of the UN-patrolled “green line” in Nicosia,...
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Trump Pledges to Act on North Korea Missile Threat ‘Very Seriously’
US President Donald Trump listens as South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a statement from the Rose Garden after meetings at the White House in Washington, US June 30, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Jim...
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Judge Appointed to Investigate Syrian War Crimes
What remains of a street in Aleppo. Credit: IPS UN: A former French judge has been appointed as the head of an independent team tasked with investigating war crimes in Syria. Catherine Marchi-Uhel was...
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Almost Two-Thirds of UN States Agree on Treaty to Ban Nukes
The United Nations flag flies in New York in an undated file photo. Credit: Reuters UN: Nearly two-thirds of UN states agreed on Friday to a treaty to ban nuclear weapons after months of talks, which...
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Tibetan Groups Say UNESCO Heritage Status Could Reinforce Chinese Rule
A general view of the UNESCO headquarters before a ceremony for the “UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences” in Paris, July 17, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Charles...
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The UN’s Problem Is Not Just Gender Violence, It’s Child Rape
Why is it that when a UN official or peacekeeper rapes an African child, the organisation fails to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted? A UN peacekeeper keeps watch in a camp for displaced...
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US-Russia Brokered Ceasefire Deal Holds out in Southwest Syria
Free Syrian Army fighter stand near an anti-air craft machine gun in Quneitra, Syria, July 8, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Alaa al-Faqir Beirut: A US-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria held...
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