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An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.

UN ‘outraged’ by suicide attacks in Afghanistan

30 April 2018
Peace and Security
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Young activists in Kunduz – Habiba Gulustani, Zabihulla Majidi and Wahidullah Rahmani – discuss the prospects for peace in Afghanistan.

FEATURE: Young Afghans call for new focus on ‘local peace’ in a city surrounded by war

26 April 2018
Peace and Security
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General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák (centre) chairs high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. He is flanked by Secretary-General Guterres (left) and Catherine Pollard, USG for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management.

World leaders gather at UN to renew commitment to build and sustain peace

24 April 2018
Peace and Security
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A view of Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan’s social and political life. Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi.

Outrage and ‘revulsion’ voiced by UN over suicide attack on voter registration centre in Kabul

22 April 2018
Peace and Security
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A family struggles through a dusty environment in Afghanistan. Photo

Afghan conflict causes more than 2,000 civilian casualties in first quarter of 2018, UN mission reports

12 April 2018
Peace and Security
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Afghan refugees at a UNHCR voluntary repatriation centre in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. After decades in Pakistan, more Afghan refugees have begun to return.

Returning home, Afghans continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives – UN agencies

12 April 2018
Migrants and Refugees
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Julia Bascom, Executive Director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, delivers keynote address to the special event

UN celebrates voice and visibility of women and girls with autism

5 April 2018
Health
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development acknowledges the importance of sports for social progress as well as an important enabler of sustainable development.

Marking Sport for Development Day, Japanese athletes take UN Global Goals forward

5 April 2018
SDGs
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An asylum-seeker enters the ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. (file)

Australia-bound asylum seekers left mentally scarred by years of detention on Pacific islands, warns UN refugee official

4 April 2018
Migrants and Refugees
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A member of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) clears the UN base outside Juba, South Sudan, of unexploded ordnance (UXO’s) in the aftermath of heavy clashes. UXO are comprised of bombs, mortars, grenades or other devices that fail to detonate but remain volatile and can kill if touched or moved.

Mine action is ‘concrete step towards peace,’ says UN chief on International Mine Awareness Day

4 April 2018
Humanitarian Aid
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