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UN-backed disaster resilience campaign tops 2,000 participating cities

With the addition of Aguas da Prata, Brazil, two thousand cities worldwide are now enrolled in a United Nations global campaign engaging as many local governments as possible to take on the challenge of integrating disaster risk management into their development processes.

“Full-fledged impunity in Syria”, says chair of UN-mandated probe

The conflict in Syria has reached a tipping point, threatening the entire region, according to the latest report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria (COI).

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Syrian refugee in Brazil says “family has lost everything”

A Syrian man who has been granted refugee status in Brazil says his “family has lost everything” in the civil war in the country.

The three-year conflict between the government and rebel forces has caused millions of people to flee.

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“Transforming Markets, Saving Lives” report launched

Highly effective treatment and diagnostics for HIV, malaria, tuberculosis are increasingly becoming available but market barriers need to be removed so that people can have access to them.

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Brazilian footballer to promote AIDS awareness

A Brazilian football player is appealing to fans around the world to end the discrimination of people with HIV and AIDS.

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