United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the United States to lift or waiver the sanctions on Iran in accordance to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the... read more →
Yemen is teetering on a new “fragmented and bloody” chapter of war as military escalation and conflict escalates, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Tuesday, calling for... read more →
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented by 2030, if low and lower-middle income countries were to make an additional investment... read more →
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank, which... read more →
Greater protection is needed for civil society representatives who are increasingly being targeted in repressive and life-threatening environments, UN and regional human rights experts said in a joint declaration published on Friday. ... read more →
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 →