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The Security Council today provided details of its mission later this month to Afghanistan, where it will reaffirm support for the Government and its people as they rebuild their strife-ridden country.
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Israel reinstituted its blockade of the Gaza Strip today after a brief respite to let humanitarian aid pass through on Tuesday, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said today, describing the situation as "desperate" and "unacceptable.
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Le Secrétaire général de l'ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a lancé mercredi un appel à contributions de 7 milliards de dollars pour fournir de l'aide humanitaire à 30 millions de personnes dans 31 pays en 2009.
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The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is trying to confirm reports received from various sources that Sudanese military planes bombed an area in the war-torn region in recent days.
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The basic living conditions for more than 310,000 Hondurans will remain precarious for months as a result of the deadly floods that have engulfed the Central American country, and a lack of support so far from donors is slowing the efforts of aid workers to provide relief,
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La Oficina de la ONU para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (OCHA) advirtió hoy que las emergencias causadas por desastres naturales en Centroamérica y el Caribe atraviesan por una escasez de fondos.
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United Nations humanitarian officials are voicing concern for an estimated 700,000 people in Kyrgyzstan, with many lacking decent shelter and facilities as the often bitter Central Asian winter approaches.
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Burundi to better protect the country's albino children in the wake of a brutal crime in which a six-year-old girl was shot and dismembered,
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A border crossing into the Gaza Strip opened today, allowing a limited amount of humanitarian supplies to the 1.5 million residents forcibly confined to the area, the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) reported today.
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With a packet of seeds, a stream of water and a prepaid remittance card the United Nations is racing against the clock to help Haiti recover from the triple whammy of four successive hurricanes, soaring food prices and the impact of the global economic downturn.
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La Oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos consideró que en el proyecto actual de ley de víctimas hay factores discriminatorios.
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à l'ouest de Goma, la capitale provinciale du Nord-Kivu, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).
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Iraq is entering a critical period as it prepares for upcoming provincial polls, which provide an opportunity to shape a new political landscape in the fledgling democracy, a top United Nations envoy said today,
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Colombia continues to endure a serious displacement crisis due to new illegal armed groups, new structures of organized crime and the ongoing 45-year-old conflict between the army and irregular armed groups,
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stability and political independence of the Lebanese State in accordance with the Taif Accord and relevant Security Council resolutions," he said in a statement, referring to the agreement that ended Lebanon's long-running civil war.
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Although the overall situation in the volatile North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is tense and unpredictable, no major ceasefire violations or attacks on civilians and property have been reported,
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an end to rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel and called on Israel to allow urgently a steady and sufficient supply of fuel and humanitarian aid to the Strip.
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The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) is making taxis available to transport staff and equipment involved in the identification and voter registration process in preparation the West African nation's elections,
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The top United Nations envoy to Somalia has welcomed the decision by the European Union (EU) to dispatch ships to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa nation's coast.
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warned Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ahead of this weekend's meeting of the so-called Group of 20 (G-20) nations.
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More than 160 Egyptian personnel arrived in Darfur today as part of a large battalion that will boost the strength of the joint United Nations-African Union force deployed earlier this year in an attempt to quell the fighting and humanitarian suffering in the strife-torn Sudanese region.
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The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees was forced to suspend food distributions to half of Gaza's 1.5 million residents today since continued border closures have prevented the delivery of vital supplies for over a week.
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Israel opened its fuel crossing point with the Gaza Strip today but closed it again after less than 230,000 litres were delivered, citing ongoing clashes on the Gaza side, United Nations officials reported.
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A top United Nations military official is in Chad today for consultations with Government officials on the next stage of operations to bring stability to strife-ridden eastern Chad and the northeast of the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR).
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today rushed an emergency response team to the site of a collapsed school in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, where eight people were injured and sent to hospital this morning.
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