Month: May 2017

Perpetrators of attacks in Baghdad during Ramadan must be held accountable – UN chief

Condemning “in the strongest terms” recent terrorist attacks in Iraqi capital, Baghdad, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday underscored the need to…

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With ‘blue helmets’ in harm’s way every day, peacekeeping reforms and resources needed – UN chief

Marking International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General António Guterres said that peacekeeping must have the tools and rules it needs to…

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Third Cycle of the Salamat Universal Public Health Insurance (UPHI) for Refugees in Iran

For the third year running and with the support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a tripartite…

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UNICEF urges G7 leaders to adopt six-point action plan to keep refugee children

Ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Italy, the United Nations children’s agency has urged the leaders of G7…

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WHO Director General Appreciates the Management of the Health System in Iran

In a speech in a sitting on Sustainable Development held on the sidelines of the 70th World Health Assembly that…

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On Day for Biological Diversity, UN says tourists must protect nature that draws them

Tourism must not undermine the nature that attracts tourists in the first place, said the head of the United Nations-backed…

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In final address, UN health chief urges world body to ‘remember the people’ behind the facts and figures

The outgoing chief of the United Nations health agency yesterday highlighted the relevance of the World Health Organization (WHO), and…

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On World Day, UN agencies urge countering threats to cultural diversity

Cultural diversity – the driving force of change and development – is increasingly under threat, United Nations agencies today said,…

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