Month: May 2018

UNESCO Marked World Day for Cultural Diversity 2018 in Iran

Tehran, 15 May 2018: UNESCO organized a festive event today at the Ivan Attar Auditorium in Sa’adabad Cultural and Historical…

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Around 2.5 billion more people will be living in cities by 2050, projects new UN report

By 2050, two out of every three people are likely to be living in cities or other urban centres, according…

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Climate change: An ‘existential threat’ to humanity, UN chief warns global summit

None of the world’s challenges loom as large as climate change, the United Nations chief told a major climate action…

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UN chief hails the first Iraqi election since ISIL defeat

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated the people of Iraq on the holding yesterday of the first national parliamentary elections…

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New $10 billion funding plan, targets 260 million missing out on school

Three youth activists from India, Kenya and Sierra Leone on Friday delivered a petition signed by 1.5 million of their…

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UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by US decision to exit Iran nuclear deal

Following a decision on Tuesday by the United States to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, the United…

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UN-Iran Partnership Historical Photos, Documents Exhibited in Bushehr

An Exhibition of Historical Photos and Documents on UN-Iran Partnership inaugurated at the 9th Dey Cultural and Art Centre in the…

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‘Silence the guns’ urges UN disarmament chief as global week of action begins

The international community must present a united front against gun violence which kills nearly 250,000 each year and injures many…

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UN forum to coordinate global efforts to address worsening water shortages

With extreme weather costing hundreds of billions a year and fears that by 2050, one in four people will be…

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UN chief condemns deadly attack on voter registration centre in eastern Afghanistan

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on a mosque being used as a voter registration centre…

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