Month: July 2019

Celebrating World Population Day in Tehran

On the occasion of World Population Day, Ambassadors for Peace and Friendship Group in partnership with UNIC Tehran held a…

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Over 820 million people suffering from hunger; new UN report reveals

After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has slowly increased over the past…

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UN highlights importance of skills development on World Youth Skills Day

At UN Headquarters, and across the globe, events are taking place on Monday to celebrate World Youth Skills Day –…

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New UN poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’ between countries

There are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments of societies, says a new UN report published on…

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Now is the time to seize ‘unprecedented opportunity’ of the Sustainable Development Forum, says ECOSOC President

Nations across the world now have an “unprecedented opportunity to talk to each other and learn from each other”, Inga…

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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by US border detention conditions, says holding migrant children may violate international law

Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights…

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Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN report

Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half,…

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Restrictions, unmet promises, unbridled violence in Sudan, a ‘recipe for disaster’, says Bachelet

“It is essential there are prompt, transparent and independent investigations into how all these people lost their lives, as well…

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UN and civil society team up to make cities more sustainable and inclusive

How can we make sure that cities become more inclusive, with a smaller environmental footprint, and leave no-one behind? These…

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Two natural sites, one in China another in Iran, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

During its morning session on July 5th, the World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku until 10 July, inscribed two natural…

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