Damascus July 12 - Within the project titled “Women's Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation” which is being implemented on a pilot scale in the Governorates of
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Damascus July 15 - The Ministry of Information, with the support of United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, is conducting a four-day workshop for Syrian journalists
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Rome, 8 July 2008– The heads of the three United Nations agencies based in Rome today called on G8 leaders to help feed
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. read more...

AL TANF, Syria, June 30 (UNHCR) – It seemed like a good idea. Take a group of Palestinian children to the seaside to help them escape the monotony and hardship of their lives in limbo on the arid Iraq-Syria border. But it all proved a bit too much for most   ... read more

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Exile, Exclusion and Isolation: the Palestine Refugee Experience Op Ed by Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General United Nations Relief and Works Agency To Mark World Refugee Day: 20th June 2008