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Nowruz promotes sense of fresh possibility, ‘a chance to renew our commitment to peace’ – UN chief
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi
Afghans celebrate Nowruz – New Year – with special meals, decorations and gifts and it's a time for renewal and for promoting peace and solidarity.
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https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/03/1005601
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In spite of everything, I tried to start a wedding decoration business but it didn’t went as planned, since some gang members tried to collect the "war tax" from us.
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Score: 554789.75
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https://www.unhcr.org/en-my/my...their-stories-kiren-miret.html
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“When I arrived on the first day, Armand and Christophe had put up decorations and a sign saying ‘Welcome Louis’. That was a surprise.
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Score: 540548.9
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https://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/...elcome-lgbt-activist-mali.html
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UNICEF Lebanon
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17 May 2017
“I love my new school a lot because it is beautiful, well decorated and well equipped”
“I love my new school a lot because it is beautiful, well decorated and well equipped,” said 10-year-old Omar, describing how his school became after it was rehabilitated.
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Score: 889880.9
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https://www.unicef.org/lebanon...ehabilitating-lebanons-schools
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.” – Hani
Hani Arnout (left), 34, shared a joke with local painter and decorator Trevor Leahong as they painted a house together in Ottery St Mary, Devon.
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https://www.unhcr.org/spotligh...a-little-kernel-of-perfection/
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Products which have already shown success in the market include fine yarns, decorative fabrics, shopping bags, wall hangings, carpets and jute-based floor coverings. (...) These exports consisted mainly of floor covering materials, including all-jute pile carpets, followed by hand bags and shopping bags and decorative fabrics (see Table I). In the case of Bangladesh the dominant diversified products exported are all-jute pile carpets, shopping bags and geotextile products.
Table I: Values of exports of diversified products from India
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97
(.....in million US dollars.....)
Decorative fabrics
Floor coverings
Gift articles
Shopping bags
Wall hangings
Blankets
0.13
2.58
0.56
1.78
0.87
0.00
0.33
5.62
0.70
4.43
1.73
0.01
1.22
7.83
0.66
3.94
1.16
0.04
1.56
8.04
0.53
5.78
0.91
0.08
Total
5.92
12.82
14.85
16.90
5.
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Score: 919584.8
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https://www.fao.org/unfao/Bodies/CCP/hfj/98/w9834e.htm
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By Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
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Africa Dialogue Series: Harnessing culture for development
Africa’s rich culture should go beyond artistic decorations, music or dance and showcase a strong set of values that embrace change, generate innovations and to contribute to the world.
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https://www.un.org/africarenewal/topic/ads2019
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Your teacher might have displayed bright decoration or hung photos on the wall. But for many of Rwanda’s children, the walls of their early learning institutions are bare.
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https://www.unicef.org/rwanda/...-art-bring-early-learning-life
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her outstanding contributions to conservation and
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