National Children’s Week interwoven with environmental consciousness
The National Children’s Week, October 7 to 13, is specifically planned to raise children’s environmental consciousness this year.
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In Bangladesh, UN aid chief urges scaling up response for Rohingya refugee crisis
With over half a million Rohingya refugees having fled their homes in Myanmar since violence erupted in late August, the top United Nations humanitarian official has underscored that the solution...
Dire lack of winter funding puts millions of refugees in Middle East at risk, warns UN agency
Dwindling resources could severely jeopardize efforts to provide refugees and displaced persons across the Middle East with essential winter supplies such as thermal blankets and warm clothing, the...
For Yemenis and migrants, protracted conflict an 'endless nightmare' – head of UN agency
Amid worsening famine and cholera in war-torn Yemen, the head of the United Nations migration agency has called for greater humanitarian access to enable relief workers reach those most in need and...
ODVV’s Presence in the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council
ODVV’s team of representatives and experts took be part in the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council as part of their international activities.
UN rights experts urge Member States to ‘go beyond statements,’ take action to help Rohingya
We call on Aung San Suu Kyi to meet the Rohingya personally in Rakhine state as well as in Cox’s Bazar to talk to those who have fled, as well as those who have stayed, as she says the Myanmar...
The only world safe from use of nuclear weapons is a world completely free of them – UN chief
The only world that is safe from the use of nuclear weapons is a world that is completely free of them, Secretary-General António Guterres said as the United Nations marked the International Day...
Global ‘learning crisis’ threatens future of millions young students – World Bank report
Schooling without learning is a terrible waste of precious resources and of human potential, the World Bank said, warning in a new report that millions of young students in low and middle-income...
Myanmar: Video and satellite evidence shows new fires still torching Rohingya villages
Amnesty International has assessed three new videos taken inside Rakhine State as recently as Friday afternoon showing large plumes of smoke rising from Rohingya villages, one of which was already...
Yemen: US-made bomb kills children in deadly strike on residential homes
The bomb that destroyed a residential building in Yemen's capital last month, killing 16 civilians and injuring 17 more was made in the USA, Amnesty International revealed on 22 Sep.
We Have Targeted the Increase of the Legal-Judicial Culture of Society
The deputy of the General Office of the Legal-Judicial Culture of the Judiciary’s Cultural Deputy, Akbar Tehrani said: “In order to prevent the people getting involved in legal-judicial problems,...
Creation of 21 Thousand Jobs in the Country’s Prisons
The director general of the Office of Planning for Employment and Profession training of the Country’s Prisons gave news of employment of 21 thousand prisoners inside prisons and also profession...
Funding shortfall jeopardizes humanitarian response in Yemen, UN aid chief warns
Efforts to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, currently the world’s largest, are being hampered by insufficient funding and other challenges, the top United Nations relief official warned.
UN officials hail establishment of Technology Bank for world’s poorest nations
United Nations officials hailed the establishment of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which will go a long way in addressing one of the major challenges facing the...
Sustained engagement vital to address immense humanitarian needs in Syria – UN official
Sustained international attention and engagement is vital as the Syrian conflict moves into its seventh year and the suffering of civilians shows no signs of waning, a top United Nations official...
Countering extremism in Middle East requires socio-economic measures, Lebanese leader tells UN
Recalling the tragic 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States that sparked the global ‘war on terror’ – which has since “lost its way” – the President of Lebanon told the United...
Security Council approves probe into ISIL’s alleged war crimes in Iraq
The United Nations Security Council authorised the establishment of an investigation team to support Iraq’s domestic efforts to hold the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh)...
21 Sep 2017 - UNESCO Celebrates International Day of Peace
The Peace Day Celebration was attended by Governmental officials, foreign diplomats, representatives of UN agencies and NGOs, renowned Iranian artists and the general public
Repair 'world in pieces' and create 'world at peace,' UN chief Guterres urges global leaders
Addressing the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres spotlighted several threats – including the nuclear peril, climate change,...
Over 40 million people caught in modern slavery, 152 million in child labour – UN
More than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery – forced labour and forced marriage – in 2016, a United Nations study has found, revealing the true scale of such...