Month: December 2019

I.R. of Iran inscribed the traditional skills of crafting and playing Dotār on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The 14th Session of Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Bogota, Colombia from 9 to…

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UN Children’s Fund: Nine children killed or maimed in Afghanistan every day

An average of nine children has been killed or maimed every day in Afghanistan so far this year, according to…

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WHO report: One third of poorer countries face both undernutrition and obesity

With one in three low and middle-income countries facing the two extremes of malnutrition – undernutrition and obesity – the…

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‘Embrace the transformation’ to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25

  With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies…

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Universal Health Coverage will ‘drive progress’ on 2030 Development Agenda

Last September world leaders at the United Nations endorsed an ambitious political declaration on universal health coverage, “reaffirming that health…

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UNODC Country Representative supported joint national anti-corruption efforts

On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day 2019, Mr. Alexander Fedulov, UNODC Iran Country Representative attended the meeting organized in…

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Human Rights Day celebrates ‘tremendous activism’ of the world’s young people

Activists, students, and UN officials came together on Tuesday to pay tribute to young people’s “tremendous activism” in promoting human rights…

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Inequality threatening human development, new global UN report warns

Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger, and disease, a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that many societies are not working…

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Corruption thwarts attempts to build a better world and ‘must be fought by all, for all’

As we enter a decade of ambitious action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stepping up efforts to eradicate…

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UN evaluates progress in improving peacekeeping performance

The international community on Friday took stock of action to improve UN peacekeeping in line with a Security Council resolution aimed at enhancing performance at all levels, both at Headquarters in New…

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