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Venezuelan refugees make their way to the Colombian border town of La Guajira.

Continuing Venezuela exodus and COVID-19 highlights need for global solidarity for most vulnerable

11 June 2021
Migrants and Refugees
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres participates in a virtual briefing to update Member States on preparations for COP26 in Glasgow, UK.

Guterres calls on US to lead global vaccination plan effort, climate action, welcoming Blinken to Headquarters

29 March 2021
Climate and Environment
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A young child walks through the streets in Aleppo, Syria. (file photo)

UN rights expert urges United States to remove sanctions hindering rebuilding in Syria

29 December 2020
Human Rights
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Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, addresses the General Debate of the General Assembly’s 74th session.

US President Trump says countries have ‘absolute right’ to protect their borders

24 September 2019
UN Affairs
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Foreign Minister Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres of the Republic of Nicaragua addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.

At UN, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister calls for ‘commitment to continue fighting for peace’ amid threats to sustainable development

1 October 2018
SDGs
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“They were students, not criminals” reads a demonstrator's placard in Managua, Nicaragua. (file July 2018)

Security Council takes up Nicaragua crisis, with some reservations

5 September 2018
Peace and Security
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More than one million Venezuelans have left their country fleeing political violence, crime and widespread shortages. Many, like this family, are seeking shelter at Simon Bolivar Square in Boa Vista, Roraima, northern Brazil.

Human rights chief calls for international probe on Venezuela, following ‘shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings’

22 June 2018
Human Rights
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Genesis Cerrato, 16, with her one-year-old son. Along with her whole family, she fled Honduras escaping violence in her home country.

Migrant children at US border have right to protection and ‘be with their families’: UNICEF chief

19 June 2018
Human Rights
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A Syrian father carrying his two children arrives at the international airport in Chile’s capital, Santiago.

Chile becomes latest nation to resettle Syrian refugees through UN-backed programme

13 October 2017
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Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez, President of Panama, addresses the general debate of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly.

Panama vows to combat drug trafficking, asks for help to eliminate ‘blood money’ driving scourge

20 September 2017
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