Category: Peace & Security
![[UNStories #87] Syria: The Hardship Continues](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2016/06/unstories-87-syria-the-hardship.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #87] Syria: The Hardship Continues
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Thousands of women and children are now at Greece’s northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, some waiting for weeks, hoping to be allowed northwards.
![[UNStories #15] South Sudan: Driving Out Landmines](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/04/unstories-15-south-sudan-driving.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #15] South Sudan: Driving Out Landmines
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After decades of civil war in Sudan, South Sudan gained independence in July 2011, and became the world’s newest country. But legacies of the conflict live on.
![[UNStories #35] 2014: Year In Review](https://i1.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/12/unstories-35-2014-year-in-review.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #35] 2014: Year In Review
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From the ongoing situation in Syria and Ukraine to the global effort to address the Ebola crisis and more, Year in Review 2014 will recap the events which captured the international headlines and those in forgotten co...
![[UNStories #50] Iraqis Flee to Syrian Border Camp](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2015/05/unstories-50-iraqis-flee-to-syri.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #50] Iraqis Flee to Syrian Border Camp
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A once empty Syrian border transit point has rapidly become home to more than 11,000 Iraqis.
![[UNStories #15] El desminado de Sudán del Sur](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/04/unstories-15-el-desminado-de-sud.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #15] El desminado de Sudán del Sur
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Después de décadas de guerra civil en Sudán, Sudán del Sur logró su independencia en julio de 2011, convirtiéndose en el país más nuevo del mundo. Pero perviven legados del conflicto.
![[UNStories #40] Lebanon: Harsh Winter for Syrian Refugees](https://i1.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2015/02/unstories-40-lebanon-harsh-winte.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #40] Lebanon: Harsh Winter for Syrian Refugees
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Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are facing the challenges of extreme winter weather as increasingly dire conditions are reported at collective shelters and tented areas across Lebanon. In Arsal, one of the highes...
![{UNStories #93] North Korea: Chanyang’s Journey to Freedom](https://i2.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2016/10/unstories-93-north-korea-chanyan.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
{UNStories #93] North Korea: Chanyang’s Journey to Freedom
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North Korea has one of the worst human rights records on the planet, and a silenced community who rarely have the chance to speak out. One brave young woman tells of her escape and determination to end the suffering -...
![[UNStories #22] Guinea: Ebola Virus Claims Lives](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/10/unstories-22-guinea-ebola-virus.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #22] Guinea: Ebola Virus Claims Lives
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A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has surfaced in the West African nation of Guinea, with tens of other cases reported in neighbouring countries. Originating in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the...
![[UNStories #58] Nepal: The Gorkha Earthquake](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2015/09/unstories-58-nepal-the-gorkha-ea.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #58] Nepal: The Gorkha Earthquake
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In April 2015, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in Southern Asia.
![[UNStories #19] Declarando la guerra contra el tráfico global de cargamentos ilegales](https://i2.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/06/unstories-19-declarando-la-guerr.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #19] Declarando la guerra contra el tráfico global de cargamentos ilegales
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Cientos de millones de contenedores transportados en barcos que circundan el mundo son comerciados a diario. Pero algunas veces también son recipientes del crimen, ya que escondidos en estos envíos puede haber drogas...