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President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria addresses the General Assembly’s annual general debate. UN Photo/Cia Pak

International solidarity key to address global challenges, urges Nigerian President Buhari

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Republic of Liberia addresses the General Assembly’s annual general debate. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Upcoming elections will signal Liberia on ‘irreversible course’ towards democracy, President Sirleaf tells UN

Miroslav Lajčák (centre), President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, gavels open the session’s first meeting. He is flanked by Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Catherine Pollard, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Co

General Assembly opens 72nd session with focus on the world’s people

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UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva in Uganda. Vegetable and crop seeds are provided to refugees to kick-start their food production. Photo: FAO/Anita Tibasaaga

UN agriculture chief says Uganda 'leading example' of sustainable refugee response

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka lead high-level mission to Mugunga Camp for internally displaced people, in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Photo: UN News/Lulu Gao

Wrapping up Africa trip, UN deputy chief vows to ensure displaced women return home in dignity

On World AIDS Day, people in Nigeria took a walk in the Asokoro neighbourhood of Abuja to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in the general public. Photo: UNAIDS

AIDS-related deaths decline; 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment – UN report

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A girl displaced with her family by Boko Haram insurgents from their home on an island in Lake Chad, in Melea village, Lake Region, Chad. Photo: UNICEF/Sokhin

Girls worst affected as conflict keeps more than 25 million children out of school – UNICEF

Film Director Michele Mitchell (5th right) at the UN screening of "The Uncondemned" with the four women who testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Godeliève Mukasarasi of the SEVOTA support group for widows and orphans. UN Ph

PODCAST: The power of bearing witness – how rape became an ‘act of genocide’

Africa Rwandan Genocide

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan, at the 28th summit of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. UN Photo/Antonio Fiorente

Following first mission to Africa as UN chief, Guterres highlights strengthened cooperation

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