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Construction workers on the Panama Canal expansion project.

Time running out for construction sector to cut energy use, meet climate goals – UN

12 December 2017
Climate and Environment
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A Muslim man grieves over his son’s grave in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina (file photo).

'Genocide should not be part of our present or our future,' UN adviser says on day to honour victims

9 December 2017
Human Rights
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UN-supported bicycle ride to help stop violence against women in Mazar-i-Sharif.

FEATURE: Seizing on global trend, Afghan women reporters empower voices against violence

7 December 2017
Women
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Ashwani, a caregiver at a centre in India, shares a laugh with Didi.

Dementia sufferers set to triple by 2050, warns WHO

7 December 2017
Interviews
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Ashwani, a caregiver at a centre in India, shares a laugh with Didi.

UN health agency launches first global monitoring system for dementia

7 December 2017
Health
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Women of the Batwa community tilling the soil with hoes in preparation for planting potatoes, in Gashikanwa, Burundi.

Caring for the planet starts with ‘the ground we walk on;’ UN says on World Soil Day

5 December 2017
SDGs
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On Tuesday 29 November a flight chartered by IOM Libya carrying 155 Guinean migrants, including 10 unaccompanied minors landed in Conakry. This is the fourth flight since early November.

UN agency to fly 15,000 migrants home from Libya in wake of reported abuses

1 December 2017
News Story
Eric Sawyer, from UN Plus, a group of HIV-positive UN staff members, addresses the special event organized by UNAIDS on the occasion of World AIDS Day in 2016.

A survivor’s journey for justice: HIV advocate and UN retiree Eric Sawyer

1 December 2017
Health
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Rohingya refugees who crossed the Naf River, which demarcates the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, on makeshift rafts made of logs, bamboo poles and jerrycans, walk along an embankment.

Violence drives more Rohingyas to Bangladesh; in Myanmar, Pope appeals for tolerance – UN

28 November 2017
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UN Photo/Martine Perret

Still far too much secrecy surrounding use of death penalty, says senior UN human rights official

21 November 2017
News Story