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– UNESCO ready to help rebuild Notre Dame
– Peacekeeping chief in Central African Republic
– Financing Sustainable Development
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Service & Sacrifice: Thank you Türkiye | UN Peacekeeping
The Republic of Türkiye has been a consistent contributor to United Nations Peacekeeping for over 50 years. Türkiye deploys uniformed personnel to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS); the United Nations Multidim...
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Daily Wrap: War in Ukraine, Funding for Palestine Refugees and Sahel Region Challenges
The United Nations continued its annual high-level week with special meetings focused on the war in Ukraine, funding for the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and challenges in th...
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Lebanon’s Minefields | Clearing the hidden remnants of war | UN Story
Zeina Saleh is a young Lebanese woman working in mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) in southern Lebanon. Women working in the field of demining are rare. Zeina Saleh is amongst those very few wome...
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Rebel Fighters in DR Congo Lay Down Their Weapons, Return to Rwanda | UN Story
Foreign combatants with armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) often find it hard to return home once they decide to lay down their weapons and stop fighting. The UN Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) helps ...
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Ukraine: UN Humanitarian Chief Decries ‘Crime Scene,’ Urges Ceasefire
On 7 April 2022, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths visited Bucha and Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine. He described the visit as horrifying, s...
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International Day of Mine Awareness: Zeina’s mission to save lives in Lebanon
The International Day of Mine Awareness, marked on 4 April, reminds nations to rid the world of landmines and unexploded devices that threaten innocent civilians long after the guns have fallen silent. Women and me...