Month: February 2017
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News
NGOs rethink emergency response plans amid Trump travel ban uncertainty
Continuing uncertainty over travel restrictions to the U.S. is forcing international nongovernmental organizations to rethink staff deployments and disaster response,…
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UN calls for 50 per cent increase in funding for mine action in 2017
The United Nations has launched a $511 million international appeal for humanitarian mine action in conflict and post-conflict settings for…
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Articles
Is food loss an issue for Iran?
By Serge R. Nakouzi, The FAO Representative to Iran and to ECO Roughly one-third of the food produced around the…
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‘The world needs science and science needs women,’ UN says ahead of International Day
‘Female engineers and computer programmers wanted,’ is the call from a new United Nations report that shows women are increasingly…
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Russia, Turkey, Iran and UN hash out details of monitoring regime for Syria ceasefire
The delegations of Russia, Turkey and Iran as well as United Nations representatives held their first meeting to discuss the…
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UN Statements
Afghanistan: UN condemns deadly suicide attack in Kabul near Supreme Court
The United Nations condemned yesterday’s suicide attack outside the Supreme Court complex in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and stressed that…
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UN Statements
Israeli legislation on settlements violates international law, says UN chief Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres deeply regretted the adoption by Israel’s legislative body, the Knesset, of the so called “Regularization bill,” saying…
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Statements
Six organizations to watch among NGO Advisor’s top-ranked 500
NGO Advisor’s new annual ranking of the world’s top NGOs yields important and even unexpected insights for the development community. The…
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Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity – UN special adviser
The scale of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state documented in a recent United Nations human rights…
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Experts from Statistical Centre of Iran learn more about UN website and SDGs
United Nations Information Centre per request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ School of International Relations held a workshop on “Finding UN Information…
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