FNA - The United Nations Information Center (UNIC) announced that the Tehran office of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) will open on Wednesday with distinguished guests from Iran, APDIM Governing Council, and a number of delegates from Asian and Pacific countries in the opening ceremony. According ...

IRNA Director of the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran Maria Dotsenko stressed on Saturday the importance of womens presence in societies, saying modern Iran will become meaningfull with womens role. It is too difficult to think about modern Iran without womens role, Dotsenko said while addressing the opening ceremony on Irans Women,...

Tehran, Oct 11, IRNA On the occasion of UN70th Anniversary and through the efforts of Tehran Municipality, Milad Tower and Nature Bridge in Tehran will be lit up blue on Monday night 12 October 2015. To help mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, iconic monuments, buildings, landscapes, museums, bridges, and other landmarks across the ...

[caption id="attachment_119063" align="alignright" width="168"] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders, from government, finance, business, and civil society to Climate Summit 2014 this 23 September to galvanize and catalyze climate action[/caption] Tehran, Dec 17, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message ...

[caption id="attachment_124654" align="alignright" width="133"] Afghan refugee children residing in Shahid Beheshti settlement, Fars Province. Almost 46% of refugees in this settlement are children. Photo credit: WFP/Yalda Ashtari[/caption] Iran is a founder member of the United Nations (UN) and joined in 1945. Only 51 of the current 193 countries ...

[caption id="attachment_122088" align="alignright" width="174"] UNIC Reference Assistant Ms. Nazanin Ghaemmaghami and Participants in the workshop[/caption] The UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Tehran held a workshop on Finding UN Information and Documentation for some 15 graduate students of international relations from University of Tehran, Faculty ...

[caption id="attachment_118561" align="alignright" width="230"] Participants in the workshop[/caption] The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), held a workshop entitled "Finding UN Information and Documentation" for some 30 graduate students of law on 16 September 2014 at Faculty ...

TEHRAN ,14 September 2014 (UNIC) -- The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Mr. Derek Plumbly, visited Tehran from 13-14 September during which he met Advisor on International Affairs to the Supreme Leader, H.E. Mr. Ali Velayati, and Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mr. Hossein Amir-...

To hold a successful Security Council simulation on Ukraine, the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Tehran, together with the International Studies Journal (ISJ) decided to have two "Model UN preparation" workshops. Former Foreign Ministry Diplomat, and university professor Dr. Davoud Hermidas Bavandon and Participants in the workshop The first ...

Tehran, Aug 18, IRNA UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on 500-day mark to the conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 18 August 2014 said action on MDGs now will save lives, build a solid foundation for sustainable development far beyond 2015. According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center, the full ...

Tehran, Aug 14, IRNA - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos will arrive in Tehran for an official two-day visit on Sunday 17 August, it was reported Thursday. According to a report by the UN Information Center in Tehran (UNIC), this is the second official visit of Ms. Amos ...

Tehran, May 28, IRNA UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, 2014, said today, over 116,000 UN personnel from more than 120 countries serve in 16 peacekeeping operations. According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC), the full text of his message reads:...

Tehran, Jan 28, IRNA - On January 18th the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gary Lewis delivered the keynote speech at the Royal Geographical Society at a Symposium entitled Challenges to and from the Environment in Iran. The two-day seminar Irans Natural Heritage: A catalyst Symposium to Spark Measurable Change ...

Tehran, Jan 11, IRNA Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday called on the international community to provide more political attention, more resources, more support for the United Nations as it faces an overflowing inbox of conflicts and disasters of growing severity, frequency and complexity. The situations in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African ...

Tehran, Nov 16, IRNA UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day for Tolerance, November 16, 2013 said tolerance is the strongest foundation for peace and reconciliation. According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC), the full text of his message reads: ?We are living through a period of ...

Tehran, Oct 17, IRNA - United Nations Development Group (UNDG) Chair and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark will visit Tehran from 21 to 23 October 2013, UNIC said. A press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) on Thursday said that during her stay, Clark will meet and confer with a number of senior Iranian government ...

Tehran, Oct 10, IRNA UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2013, called for greater efforts to carry out the UNs Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan for the sake of all people with mental health problems, especially those who areolder and require special attention. According to a press release ...

Tehran, Sept 23, IRNA As world leaders prepare to meet at the United Nations General Assembly to review progress towards the Millennium Development Goalsa new report from the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows dramatic acceleration towards reaching 2015 global targets on HIV. New HIV infections among adults and children were ...

Tehran, Sept 12, IRNA - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos will visit the Islamic Republic of Iran from 13 to 16 September 2013. According to the UN Information Center (UNIC) to Tehran, the mission is Ms. Amos first official visit to the country in her capacity as UN Under-...

Tehran, Sept 12, IRNA Some 232 million people, or 3.2 per cent of the worlds population, were international migrants in 2013, compared with 175 million in 2000 and 154 million in 1990, the United Nations new global migration statistics revealed. According to the UN Information Center (UNIC) to Tehran, the data were released by the UN on Thursday in ...