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UN Report Wars Of Famine, Aggravated By Conflicts And Climate Shocks
Severe food crises threaten people in vulnerable areas, including the Palestinian territories, Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali, where populations face or near famine, says a report by the United Nations' food agencies released on Thursday.
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Top 10 Visa-Free Countries That Should Be On Your Bucket List
An Indian passport can help you visit several beautiful countries. Check out which countries should be on your must-visit list!
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Haiti In Turmoil As Gang Boss 'Barbecue' His Men Seize Control Of Capital
Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government.
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UN Approves Sending Foreign Forces To Stabilize Haiti
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after leaders in the violence-ravaged Caribbean nation first pleaded for help.
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United Nations Human Rights Office Decries Donald Trump's Reported Remarks As "Racist"
The United Nations human rights office on Friday rejected as "racist" and inciting xenophobia the reported remarks by US President Donald Trump describing immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from "shithole" countries.
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Ban Ki-moon Sorry For UN Role In Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologised to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali UN peacekeepers.
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Haiti Needs 'Massive Response' After Hurricane: UN Chief
A "massive response" is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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Cholera, Climate Change Fuel Haiti's Humanitarian Crisis: UN
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.
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Haiti's First Election in 4 Years Marred by Sporadic Violence
Haitians lined up to vote on Sunday for the first time in four years, in a test of stability for an impoverished country continually rocked by political turmoil.
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United Nations Peacekeepers Commonly Pay for Sex: UN study
United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewellery, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is trying to help, a draft UN report concluded.
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Monsoons Could Bring Disease, a Second Crisis, to Nepal: UNICEF
There is only "a small window of time" for relief workers in Nepal to put in place measures to protect people from deadly disease outbreaks, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said on Saturday.
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Five Years After Quake, Cholera Epidemic Haunts Haiti
Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help.
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Tension Mounts in Haiti as Clock Ticks on Electoral Impasse
The Obama administration and the United Nations are pressuring Haiti's government to resolve a long-festering dispute over postponed elections in the face of anti-government protests across the impoverished Caribbean country.
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Haiti Cholera Outbreak Kills 132 in 2014
Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed 132 people and may have infected nearly 15,000 others so far this year, a UN agency report said on Wednesday.
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UN Chief in Haiti Launches Sanitation Program
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited rural Haiti on Monday to help launch a program to improve sanitation and fight the spread of cholera, a disease many Haitians blame UN peacekeepers for introducing to the impoverished Caribbean country.
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UN Report Wars Of Famine, Aggravated By Conflicts And Climate Shocks
Severe food crises threaten people in vulnerable areas, including the Palestinian territories, Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali, where populations face or near famine, says a report by the United Nations' food agencies released on Thursday.
-
Top 10 Visa-Free Countries That Should Be On Your Bucket List
An Indian passport can help you visit several beautiful countries. Check out which countries should be on your must-visit list!
-
Haiti In Turmoil As Gang Boss 'Barbecue' His Men Seize Control Of Capital
Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government.
-
UN Approves Sending Foreign Forces To Stabilize Haiti
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after leaders in the violence-ravaged Caribbean nation first pleaded for help.
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United Nations Human Rights Office Decries Donald Trump's Reported Remarks As "Racist"
The United Nations human rights office on Friday rejected as "racist" and inciting xenophobia the reported remarks by US President Donald Trump describing immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from "shithole" countries.
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Ban Ki-moon Sorry For UN Role In Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologised to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali UN peacekeepers.
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Haiti Needs 'Massive Response' After Hurricane: UN Chief
A "massive response" is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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Cholera, Climate Change Fuel Haiti's Humanitarian Crisis: UN
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.
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Haiti's First Election in 4 Years Marred by Sporadic Violence
Haitians lined up to vote on Sunday for the first time in four years, in a test of stability for an impoverished country continually rocked by political turmoil.
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United Nations Peacekeepers Commonly Pay for Sex: UN study
United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewellery, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is trying to help, a draft UN report concluded.
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Monsoons Could Bring Disease, a Second Crisis, to Nepal: UNICEF
There is only "a small window of time" for relief workers in Nepal to put in place measures to protect people from deadly disease outbreaks, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said on Saturday.
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Five Years After Quake, Cholera Epidemic Haunts Haiti
Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help.
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Tension Mounts in Haiti as Clock Ticks on Electoral Impasse
The Obama administration and the United Nations are pressuring Haiti's government to resolve a long-festering dispute over postponed elections in the face of anti-government protests across the impoverished Caribbean country.
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Haiti Cholera Outbreak Kills 132 in 2014
Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed 132 people and may have infected nearly 15,000 others so far this year, a UN agency report said on Wednesday.
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UN Chief in Haiti Launches Sanitation Program
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited rural Haiti on Monday to help launch a program to improve sanitation and fight the spread of cholera, a disease many Haitians blame UN peacekeepers for introducing to the impoverished Caribbean country.
