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Security Council holds meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.

At debate, UN and Security Council renew pledge to counter foreign terrorist fighters

29 May 2015

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The UNESCO World Heritage property of Hatra, Iraq.

UN General Assembly calls for an immediate halt to ‘wanton’ destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage

28 May 2015

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.

Ban tells European Parliament to work together to address challenge of migration

27 May 2015

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A health worker administers a dose of oral polio vaccine to a boy in the Bajeed Kandala camp in Iraq.

UN launches mass polio vaccination campaign set to target nearly 5.7 million Iraqi children

26 May 2015

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left) visits the United Nations Training School of Ireland (UNTSI) at Curragh Defense Forces Training Camp in Ireland.

Ban praises Ireland’s ‘compassionate leadership’ on migration and refugees

26 May 2015

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Refugees and migrants risk their lives travelling from Africa to Europe in over-crowded and unseaworthy vessels to escape persecution and violence or simply to find a better life.

Concluding Ireland visit, UN chief tells refugee community world must provide ‘safe avenues of migration’

25 May 2015

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An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.

UN mission in Afghanistan condemns killing of 17 civilians by Taliban

14 May 2015

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Medics carry a young man on a stretcher off the Italian Coastguard vessel Gregoretti when it reached Palermo in Sicily after rescuing people from the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean crisis demands ‘intensive dialogue’ among UN and regional actors, Security Council told

11 May 2015

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Aid distribution for displaced persons in Khost province, Afghanistan.

UN in Afghanistan condemns Taliban’s deadly attack on judges and prosecutors

11 May 2015

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A poppy field in Afghanistan.

At thematic debate, UN officials urge ‘cohesive, balanced’ approach to fighting world drug problem

7 May 2015

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