End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by 2030. Photo / Video courtesy: UNICEF

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Female Genital Mutilation Is a Violation of Human Rights

February 6, 2018February 8, 2018 RMN News Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, Human Rights, UN

Speaking a day ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the United Nations youth

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Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. Photo: UNESCO

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Education Financing Conference Takes Place in Dakar

February 2, 2018February 5, 2018 RMN News Conference, Dakar, Education, Financing, UNESCO

The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, is in Senegal from 1 to 3 February on the occasion of the Financing

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On 15 August 2016 in the Bentiu Protection of Civilians site (POC) in Unity State, Maet, 6, carries an old broken saucepan with a hole in it to school so he has something to sit on during class. Photo: UNICEF

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59 Million Young People in Conflict Areas Are Illiterate: UNICEF

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 RMN News Education, Illiterate, UNICEF, Young

Nearly 3 in every 10 young people aged between 15 and 24 years old – 59 million – living in

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From 21-24 February 2016, UNRWA distributed 19,160 thermal blankets to approximately 5,700 Palestinian refugee and other civilian families from the besieged and hard to reach Syrian communities of Yarmouk, Yalda, Babila and Beit Saham. Photo: UNRWA

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UN Agency Seeks $800 Million Aid for Palestine Refugees

January 31, 2018February 1, 2018 RMN News Palestine, Refugees, UN

Facing an acute funding shortage, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees is seeking more than $800 million for its

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Pierre Krähenbühl, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, speaks at the launch of the fundraising campaign. UNRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan

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UN Relief Agency Launches Fundraising Campaign in Gaza

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 RMN News Campaign, Fundraising, Gaza, Palestine, Refugee, UN

Hundreds of school children in Gaza gathered Monday with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),

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Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel, briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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Boko Haram Using Children as Suicide Bombers in Nigeria: Report

January 12, 2018January 13, 2018 RMN News Boko Haram, Children, Nigeria

Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa

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