Drawing attention challenges such as climate change, unemployment and inequality, confronting young people around the world, including in places where peace prevails, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday called for the youth... read more →
Against the backdrop of ever increasing number of children driven from their homes due to conflict, disasters and climate change, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today launched a $3.3... read more →
On 29 January, UNESCO kicked off a three-day capacity building workshop on the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership... read more →
The 17th Convention of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) is taking place in Tehran from 28 January to 1 February. The opening ceremony on 28 January was... read more →
With hate speech and rhetoric against migrants and refugees on the rise in various parts of the world, and the increased role of media in shaping perceptions towards them, the... read more →
By Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Head of Climate Change Adaptation, Global Environmental Finance Unit, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP Have you ever seen the inner workings of a mechanical watch?... read more →
The world must take urgent action to mobilize the estimated $265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger by 2030,... read more →
Amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees and undocumented citizens, coupled with conflict-induced displacement, the United Nations migration... read more →
Tehran – On 24 January 2017, UNESCO embarked on a two-day consultative expert meeting on the development of a national policy to introduce ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities. The... read more →
Tehran – Some 45 professors, intellectuals, researchers, students and civil society activists from the NGO “Ambassadors of Peace and Friendship Association”, with support of the National Commission of UNESCO and United Nations Information... read more →