Month: March 2018

UN anti-drug conference offers ‘opportunity to chart a better and balanced path’ forward – UN chief

Inclusive partnerships are essential to addressing drug challenges and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the top United…

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UNIDO-Iran Representative Meets Dr. Zarif

United Nations Industrial Development organization (UNIDO) representative in Iran, Dr. Maryam Javan shahraki, held a meeting with Minister of Foreign…

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New UN health agency regulation guidelines aim to help countries end ‘reign’ of tobacco industry

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched new guidelines on the role that tobacco product regulations can…

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‘No other conclusion,’ ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar continues – senior UN rights official

The “frenzied” scale of unspeakable violence against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar has shifted to a “lower intensity…

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Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing

Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and…

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IAEA confirms Iran compliance with nuclear deal

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, confirmed again on Monday that Iran has been fully committed…

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Despite decades-long effort, one-in-five children worldwide out of school – UN cultural agency

Updated data reveals that some 263 million – one-in-five – children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out school, a figure…

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