The newly appointed UN RC, Mr. Stefan Priesner, presented his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Hossein Amirabdollahian. The newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator (RC), His Excellency Mr.... read more →
Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea shooting up, and polio becoming a “major risk”. According to the... read more →
Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, as it called for an international effort to confront “critically low” levels... read more →
Migrants are facing “dire conditions” at the European Union-Belarus border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Monday. Reports of cross-border pushbacks and lack of adequate asylum access for those seeking... read more →
Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year and now affects about 74% of the population, warned the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday. According to the new... read more →
Despite hopes that by now the pandemic would be under control, the head of the UN’s health agency told the G20 leading industrialized nations Health Ministers Meeting in Rome on... read more →
Women in Afghanistan play a “critical role” in delivering aid, the UN Humanitarian told the leadership of the Taliban in Kabul on Sunday, calling on all parties to “ensure their... read more →
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous €2 million contribution from the Federal Republic of Germany in support of its longstanding assistance programme to vulnerable Afghan and... read more →
The UN Security Council passed a resolution on Monday that calls for the Taliban to facilitate safe passage for people wanting to leave Afghanistan, allow humanitarians to access the country,... read more →
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to fulfil their obligations to prevent and prosecute cases of enforced disappearance, a “cowardly practice” which the COVID-19 pandemic has made even more... read more →