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With the efforts of the ODVV (in Special Consultative Status to ECOSOC since 1988), on the sidelines of the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council, Iranian NGOs put up an art-culture tent and the...

The studies of Japanese scholar Shizuko Tsuya about Iranian victims of chemical warfare have recently been published in Persian.

It is noted that from December 22nd to January 5th, IANSA and its members invites you to raise awareness of this very important issue.

The Iraqi Government must ensure that the thousands of women and girls who survived sexual violence by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorist fighters receive care,...

Following two weeks with no access to running water for millions of people in and around Damascus due to ongoing fighting near the Syrian capital, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) raised...

The newyear ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders last September at the United Nations. The new Agenda calls...

The first child 24 hour care centre for children with dysfunctional families with the capacity of 150 children will be launched in the next two months in the Harandi district of Tehran.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, and Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani made a total of 6.83 billion rials (nearly...

The United Nations today called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second deadly car bomb attack in less than a week, and to support the army and security forces as they seek...

International Action Network on Small Arms’ 2022 Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence will take place from 1st June to 8th June 2022. The theme for this year is “Let’s work together! Strict...

The liberation of Mosul has marked an “important milestone” in the global fight against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh), the United Nations Security Council, welcoming the...

Former Tehran Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was given a life long ban from the Justice Department by Branch 38 of the country's Supreme Court, in the case known as the...

The Iranian parliament (Majlis) is considering a bill that would facilitate the procedure of passport issuance for female athletes, scientists, and traders, IRNA reported on Friday.

Facing violence and trauma in Libya and other countries, thousands of children decided to flee by themselves, seeking to get away but not necessarily aiming for Europe, the United Nations...

Make your voice heard - Unite against gun violence! GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION, May 31 - June 4, 2021

nited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on April 10th designated children’s rights activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls’...

The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about a decision by the Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs to declare illegal a coalition of 54 mainly non-Islamic civil society...

sadly typical of the policies of the Australian department of immigration, whose conduct on Manus Island has been marked by human rights abuses and deliberate cruelty.

Officials discovered another mass grave in Sinjar, Iraq, containing bodies of Yazidis, including children, who refused to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

On World Radio Day, UNESCO calls on everyone to nurture the power of radio to foster the conversations and the listening we need for cooperation to tackle the challenges all humanity faces.