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Donor 'consortium' needed to bolster Haiti's long-term recovery and eradicate cholera, UN adviser says

Photo:A resident of the town of Merger, an hour outside of Port au Prince, Haiti, fills his conta

Bullies target physical appearance, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation – UN reports

Photo:Children at a displaced camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

New UN manual aims to address management of violent extremists in prison settings

16 January 2017

UN data reveals huge disparities in cost of a hot meal; the poor are likely to pay far more than the rich

Photo:Cost of a plate of beans in Switzerland: 0.4 per cent of daily income.

UN agency hails new polio vaccination regimen in South-East Asia that curbs impact on global supply

12 January 2017

Mauritania aims to boost food production through new UN agency agreement

Photo:In Mauritania, members of a cooperative harvest vegetables grown with seeds provided by the

UN-backed campaign to help vaccinate millions of children against measles in north-east Nigeria

Photo:A child having their fingernail marked as an indication of having received a vaccine in Mai

Global food prices fall for fifth year in a row, but economic uncertainties remain for 2017 – UN

Photo:Farmers beat rice to release grains near the village of Kamangu, Democratic Republic of the

UNICEF #EarlyMomentsMatter campaign promotes investments in early childhood development

Photo: In Belize, two-year-old Abner laughs while being carried by his father, James Choc.

Haiti: UN-supported supply system provides clean water to remote community

Photo:Thanks to a water supply system funded by MINUSTAH, 18,000 people are now able to collect c