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Yemen: UN official warns of world's biggest famine| Yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades 'with millions of victims' if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned | |
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UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid 'a catastrophe'
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UN officials: Yemen could face famine if no immediate action
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Migrant deaths: UN warns of 'crisis of solidarity' The UN has said 'much more is required' to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days
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Yemen on brink of famine, says UN official |
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Myanmar floods: UN says death toll 'to rise' |
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Nepal one month on: UN calls for more aid One month after the devastating 7.8 earthquake, the United Nations has said the world needs to provide more food aid and shelter for homeles...
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Nepal earthquake: UN launches $415m appeal The UN has launched a $415m appeal for those affected by Nepal's earthquake, as frustration mounts at the pace of relief efforts
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2 die in Dutch UN helicopter crash |
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UN confirms 24 dead in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam |
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UN 'lacks resources' to fight Ebola |
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Ebola crisis: UN launches urgent appeal for donations
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UN says food aid for Syrians face cuts due |
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UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan, official says |
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Ebola crisis vastly underestimated, says WHO |
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UN finds second black box of Air Algerie jet. Mali
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U.S. diplomat points finger at pro-Russian rebels over Flight 17 |
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U.N. report: Our oceans are trashed with plastic |
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Unesco warns Australia over Great Barrier Reef |
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World must end 'dirty' fuel use - UN
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Italy's navy rescues 6,000 migrants in just four days, U.N. says Southern Italy: The Italian navy has rescued about 6,000 people in the past four days from more than 40 overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean
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UN urges action over climate change |
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UN launches Philippines aid appeal
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UN sends food aid to 38,000 N. Korea flood victims. North Korea
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Brahimi warns horror is 'unprecedented'. UN Security Council
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| Dec.21 |
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U.N. calls for Philippines relief. Southern Philippines
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| Aug.29 |
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U.N. warns on mutant strain of bird flu
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UN to declare famine in Somalia| The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century | |
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Japan will overcome crisis - UN watchdog
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Haiti cholera protests target UN 
Map of Cap Haitien Haiti| There have been violent protests in Haiti against peacekeepers, amid a continuing cholera epidemic that has killed more than 900 people | |
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New UN plea for Haiti cholera aid Medical workers expressed alarm over the increase in hospitalizations and deaths in Haiti's cholera outbreak
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| Oct.24 |
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U.N.: Cholera in Haiti's capital 'worrying' Map of Port-Au-Prince Haiti| The confirmation of five cases in Haiti's capital is a 'very worrying development'. In Port-au-Prince tens of thousands of are still living in tent cities | |
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U.N. chief urges faster aid to Pakistan United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Pakistan's president, and both men urged the international community to step up effort...
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UN ramps up Pakistan medical aid
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| Feb.18 |
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UN seeks record quake aid donations. Haiti
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| Jan.31 |
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UN begins major food distribution program. Haiti
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| Jan.17 |
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UN chief urges Haiti aid patience
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Top 2 U.N. officials in Haiti died in quake Special Representative Hedi Annabi and his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa, were killed in earthquake
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UN ends search for ship survivors 
Lebanon: Rescuers found 40 of 83 people who were on livestock-carrier Danny F II. At least 11 others died and 32 are missing
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| Oct.15 |
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More than 1 billion going hungry, U.N. say
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| Oct.9 |
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U.N. plane crash in Haiti kills 11
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| Oct.2 |
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UN chief: 1,100 dead in Indonesia quakes. Sumatra
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| Sep.24 |
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UN warns over East Africa hunger
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| Aug.27 |
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U.N. seeks $230M to fight Kenya hunger
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| Jun.19 |
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World hunger 'hits one billion' One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a number which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial cris...
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| Jun.10 |
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UN set for swine flu crisis talks
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| May.4 |
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U.N. wary of second wave of swine flu U.N. health officials that a second wave of the swine flu virus could 'strike with a vengeance'
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| Apr.26 |
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World 'well prepared' for virus
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| Nov.15 |
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U.N. agency in Gaza runs out of food |
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| Jun.12 |
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Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns |
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| May.22 |
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U.N.: Poor could pay 40% more for food The world's poorest countries could pay 40% more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices
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UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma 
Myanmar: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived to tour the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and meet military ruler Gen Than Shwe
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| May.21 |
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U.N. chief: focus now reconstruction |
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| Mar.15 |
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U.N.: Glaciers shrinking at record rate |
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| Jan.21 |
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UN says Gaza facing food shortage |
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| Nov.20 |
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HIV estimates reduced to 33m The UN has reduced its estimates of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40m to 33m
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| Nov.17 |
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U.N. delivers chilling conclusion on climate Climate change is 'severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action' can head it off, a scientific panel said in a report on global warming
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| Aug.29 |
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U.N.: Cholera outbreak |
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| Apr.19 |
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Somalia faces aid crisis, says UN |
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| Apr.5 |
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Warming 'already changing world' |
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UN urges better tsunami response |
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| Nov.22 |
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Egeland: 'Meltdown' in Darfur |
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| May.31 |
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World hasn't met AIDS targets |
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| Feb.10 |
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UN urges Nigeria bird flu action |
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| Jan.18 |
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U.N. resumes quake relief flights |
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| Nov.21 |
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U.N.: 40m now have AIDS virus |
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| Oct.20 |
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Quake 'is UN's worst nightmare' |
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| Sep.29 |
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Pandemic 'could kill 150m people'
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| Jul.31 |
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U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid |
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| Jul.20 |
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World 'ignores' Niger food crisis |
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| Jun.2 |
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Annan: HIV/AIDS efforts 'insufficient'
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| Mar.3 |
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UN: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans'. Southern Africa
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| Jan.21 |
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Disaster action plan set by U.N.. Japan
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| Jan.8 |
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UN upbeat on tsunami hunger aid |
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Toll jumps by 7,000, Annan in Aceh |
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U.N. taking over relief effort 
Indonesia: Colin Powell: The United Nations will take over coordination of tsunami relief and reconstruction efforts
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| Jan.4 |
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Aid plea for 'tsunami generation' |
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Tsunami recovery 'to take years' |
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U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion| Indonesia: The new amount includes contributions from many countries and the World Bank | |
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| Dec.31 |
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U.N.: Tsunami toll approaches 150,000 Indonesia: Aid has begun to reach tsunami victims in remote areas of Indonesia
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| Dec.30 |
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UN urges 'special' wave response |
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| Dec.27 |
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UN mobilizing biggest relief operation Millions are homeless, and the disaster zone is now threatened with outbreaks of disease
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| Aug.7 |
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UN warns of Darfur disease threat |
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| Jul.11 |
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Annan urges action against Aids. Thailand
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| Jul.6 |
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UN: World failing in AIDS fight
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| Feb.3 |
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UN: Don't panic on bird flu |
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| Nov.27 |
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World leaders 'neglecting Aids' |
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| Aug.19 |
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Hopes fade in UN Baghdad search |
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| Nov.1 |
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UN warns of aid catastrophe |
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| Sep.29 |
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Aid stepped up for refugees |
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| Jun.25 |
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UN AIDS Conference |
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| Apr.27 |
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African AIDS summit |
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| Mar.14 |
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UN warns of foot-mouth |
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| 2015 |
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| Aug.2 |
Myanmar floods: UN says death toll 'to rise' |
| 2014 |
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| Sep.18 |
UN says food aid for Syrians face cuts due |
| 2013 |
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| Aug.5 |
UN sends food aid to 38,000 N. Korea flood victims. North Korea
| 2011 |
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| Dec.21 |
U.N. calls for Philippines relief. Southern Philippines
| 2010 |
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| Aug.15 |
U.N. chief urges faster aid to Pakistan United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Pakistan's president, and both men urged the international community to step up effort...
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| Aug.13 |
UN ramps up Pakistan medical aid
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| 2015 |
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| Mar.17 |
2 die in Dutch UN helicopter crash |
| 2014 |
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| Aug.26 |
UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan, official says |
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| Jul.26 |
UN finds second black box of Air Algerie jet. Mali
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| Jul.18 |
U.S. diplomat points finger at pro-Russian rebels over Flight 17 |
| 2009 |
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| Oct.9 |
U.N. plane crash in Haiti kills 11
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| 2014 |
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| Jun.24 |
U.N. report: Our oceans are trashed with plastic |
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| Apr.30 |
Unesco warns Australia over Great Barrier Reef |
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| Apr.13 |
World must end 'dirty' fuel use - UN
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| Jan.16 |
UN urges action over climate change |
| 2008 |
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| Mar.15 |
U.N.: Glaciers shrinking at record rate |
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| 2015 |
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| May.25 |
Nepal one month on: UN calls for more aid One month after the devastating 7.8 earthquake, the United Nations has said the world needs to provide more food aid and shelter for homeles...
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| Apr.29 |
Nepal earthquake: UN launches $415m appeal The UN has launched a $415m appeal for those affected by Nepal's earthquake, as frustration mounts at the pace of relief efforts
| 2011 |
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| Mar.21 |
Japan will overcome crisis - UN watchdog
| 2010 |
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| Feb.18 |
UN seeks record quake aid donations. Haiti
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| Jan.31 |
UN begins major food distribution program. Haiti
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| Jan.17 |
UN chief urges Haiti aid patience
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| Jan.17 |
Top 2 U.N. officials in Haiti died in quake Special Representative Hedi Annabi and his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa, were killed in earthquake
| 2009 |
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| Oct.2 |
UN chief: 1,100 dead in Indonesia quakes. Sumatra
| 2005 |
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| Oct.20 |
Quake 'is UN's worst nightmare' |
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| Jan.6 |
U.N. taking over relief effort Indonesia: Colin Powell: The United Nations will take over coordination of tsunami relief and reconstruction efforts
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| Jan.1 |
U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion| Indonesia: The new amount includes contributions from many countries and the World Bank | |
| 2004 |
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| Dec.31 |
U.N.: Tsunami toll approaches 150,000 Indonesia: Aid has begun to reach tsunami victims in remote areas of Indonesia
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| 2017 |
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| Nov.8 |
Yemen: UN official warns of world's biggest famine| Yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades 'with millions of victims' if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned | |
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| Mar.10 |
UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid 'a catastrophe'
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| Jan.26 |
UN officials: Yemen could face famine if no immediate action
| 2015 |
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| Aug.19 |
Yemen on brink of famine, says UN official |
| 2011 |
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| Jul.19 |
UN to declare famine in Somalia| The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century | |
| 2009 |
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| Oct.15 |
More than 1 billion going hungry, U.N. say
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| Sep.24 |
UN warns over East Africa hunger
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| Aug.27 |
U.N. seeks $230M to fight Kenya hunger
|
| Jun.19 |
World hunger 'hits one billion' One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a number which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial cris...
| 2008 |
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| Nov.15 |
U.N. agency in Gaza runs out of food |
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| Jun.12 |
Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns |
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| May.22 |
U.N.: Poor could pay 40% more for food The world's poorest countries could pay 40% more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices
|
| Jan.21 |
UN says Gaza facing food shortage |
| 2005 |
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| Jul.31 |
U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid |
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| Jul.20 |
World 'ignores' Niger food crisis |
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| Jan.8 |
UN upbeat on tsunami hunger aid |
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| 2001 |
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| Sep.29 |
Aid stepped up for refugees |
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.18 |
U.N. resumes quake relief flights |
| 2004 |
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| Dec.30 |
UN urges 'special' wave response |
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| Dec.27 |
UN mobilizing biggest relief operation Millions are homeless, and the disaster zone is now threatened with outbreaks of disease
| 2003 |
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| Aug.19 |
Hopes fade in UN Baghdad search |
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| 2014 |
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| Nov.5 |
UN 'lacks resources' to fight Ebola |
|
| Oct.16 |
Ebola crisis: UN launches urgent appeal for donations
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| Aug.14 |
Ebola crisis vastly underestimated, says WHO |
| 2011 |
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| Aug.29 |
U.N. warns on mutant strain of bird flu
| 2010 |
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| Nov.15 |
Haiti cholera protests target UN Map of Cap Haitien Haiti| There have been violent protests in Haiti against peacekeepers, amid a continuing cholera epidemic that has killed more than 900 people | |
|
| Nov.12 |
New UN plea for Haiti cholera aid Medical workers expressed alarm over the increase in hospitalizations and deaths in Haiti's cholera outbreak
|
| Oct.24 |
U.N.: Cholera in Haiti's capital 'worrying' Map of Port-Au-Prince Haiti| The confirmation of five cases in Haiti's capital is a 'very worrying development'. In Port-au-Prince tens of thousands of are still living in tent cities | |
| 2009 |
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| Jun.10 |
UN set for swine flu crisis talks
|
| May.4 |
U.N. wary of second wave of swine flu U.N. health officials that a second wave of the swine flu virus could 'strike with a vengeance'
|
| Apr.26 |
World 'well prepared' for virus
| 2007 |
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| Aug.29 |
U.N.: Cholera outbreak |
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.10 |
UN urges Nigeria bird flu action |
| 2005 |
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| Sep.29 |
Pandemic 'could kill 150m people'
| 2004 |
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| Aug.7 |
UN warns of Darfur disease threat |
|
| Feb.3 |
UN: Don't panic on bird flu |
| 2001 |
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| Apr.27 |
African AIDS summit |
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| 2014 |
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| Apr.11 |
Italy's navy rescues 6,000 migrants in just four days, U.N. says Southern Italy: The Italian navy has rescued about 6,000 people in the past four days from more than 40 overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean
| 2009 |
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| Dec.21 |
UN ends search for ship survivors Lebanon: Rescuers found 40 of 83 people who were on livestock-carrier Danny F II. At least 11 others died and 32 are missing
|
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| 2001 |
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| Mar.14 |
UN warns of foot-mouth |
|
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| 2015 |
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| Mar.16 |
UN confirms 24 dead in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam |
| 2013 |
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| Nov.12 |
UN launches Philippines aid appeal
| 2008 |
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| May.22 |
UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma Myanmar: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived to tour the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and meet military ruler Gen Than Shwe
|
| May.21 |
U.N. chief: focus now reconstruction |
| 2007 |
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| Nov.17 |
U.N. delivers chilling conclusion on climate Climate change is 'severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action' can head it off, a scientific panel said in a report on global warming
|
| Apr.5 |
Warming 'already changing world' |
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.20 |
HIV estimates reduced to 33m The UN has reduced its estimates of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40m to 33m
| 2006 |
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| May.31 |
World hasn't met AIDS targets |
| 2005 |
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| Nov.21 |
U.N.: 40m now have AIDS virus |
|
| Jun.2 |
Annan: HIV/AIDS efforts 'insufficient'
|
| Mar.3 |
UN: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans'. Southern Africa
| 2004 |
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| Jul.11 |
Annan urges action against Aids. Thailand
|
| Jul.6 |
UN: World failing in AIDS fight
| 2003 |
|
| Nov.27 |
World leaders 'neglecting Aids' |
| 2001 |
|
| Jun.25 |
UN AIDS Conference |
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