Month: December 2021

‘Iran-UN successful environmental co-op should be shared’

Iran and the United Nations have successful environmental cooperation which should be shared at the international level, Saber Masoumi, director…

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End ‘appalling’ Belarus-Poland border crisis, UN rights office urges

Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR,…

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UN expert underscores importance of human rights for Rohingya

A UN independent expert on Sunday commended Bangladesh for providing Rohingya refugees a safe haven, after they’ve fled atrocity crimes…

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Afghanistan economy in ‘freefall’, threatening to take entire population with it

Afghanistan’s economy is in “free fall”, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told a special meeting on Sunday, warning that if…

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‘Solidarity with migrants has never been more urgent’: Guterres

In a message just ahead of International Migrants Day, celebrated on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General said that expressing solidarity with migrants on…

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UN chief calls on U.S. to lift sanctions on Iran based on JCPOA

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the United States to lift or waiver the sanctions on Iran…

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‘Restraint, de-escalation and dialogue’ needed to stem war in Yemen

Yemen is teetering on a new “fragmented and bloody” chapter of war as military escalation and conflict escalates, Special Envoy…

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Investing $1 per person annually could save 7 million lives in low, lower-middle income nations

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented by 2030, if low…

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More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday…

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Rights experts appeal for greater civil society protections, amid rising repression

Greater protection is needed for civil society representatives who are increasingly being targeted in repressive and life-threatening environments, UN and…

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