The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday that the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has become “disastrous”, with severe infringements occurring affecting some four million people. “This clearly also has a... read more →
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Country Office in Iran held the first of two training workshops for Iranian harm reduction professionals. The United Nations Office on... read more →
Amidst “truly unprecedented levels” of hunger in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that as winter arrives, avoiding widespread starvation “is an immediate priority”. Launching a global fundraising winter campaign to help forcibly displaced families in Afghanistan... read more →
United Nations Resident Coordinator Stefan Priesner says the UN has helped facilitate the national vaccination plan in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “I am proud of the UN agencies accelerating... read more →
Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Friday that those with a disability were among the hardest hit by the pandemic. “COVID-19 has laid bare the persistent barriers and inequalities faced by... read more →
World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Iran Jaffar Hussain has said it is a great achievement for Iran that the government is vaccinating every Afghan refugee going to the vaccination... read more →
The Ministry of Sport and Youth in cooperation with the Drug Control Headquarters and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will launch the “Line up, Live up”... read more →