TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) Irans deputy-FM for Arab and African affairs has told UN Secretary-General special envoy to Yemen only constructive cooperation by regional players would bring solution to Yemen. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and IsmailOuld Cheikh Ahmed discussed on Sunday the latest developments in Yemen, where Amir-Abdollahian said that for ...

New York, Oct 29, IRNA - Representing the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Forouzandeh Vadiati, calls appointment of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Human Rights in Iran as entirely politically motivated. Vadiati made the remarks in response to the UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, who has ignored ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate cessation of the conflict in Yemen, and the resumption of UN-led peace talks in the country. On Wednesday, the UN chief said he took note of Riyadhs declaration of an end to the airstrikes against members of the popular committees, including Houthi Ansarullah fighters, and welcomed the ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the current crisis in Syria can only be solved through a political solution. Ban made the remarks during the Third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City on Tuesday. The UN chief added that the Syrian people are suffering from the bloody war in their country, calling for the ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has traveled to war-torn Iraq to hold talks with the Arab countrys top officials. The UN chief, who arrived in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad on Monday, is scheduled to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, President Fuad Masum, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Juburi. Bans ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says negotiations are the only way to prevent the escalation of the conflict in Yemen, as a Saudi-led military campaign has been wreaking havoc in the country. Negotiations -- facilitated by my Special Envoy Jamal Benomar and endorsed by the Security Council -- remain the only chance to prevent long, drawn-out conflict,...

[caption id="attachment_4706" align="alignright" width="200"] United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon[/caption] Tehran, March 19, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of Nowruz, 21 March 2015, said Nowruz is a wonderful opportunity for people to join together to celebrate cultural diversity,...

[caption id="attachment_151778" align="alignright" width="199"] Iran's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Gholamali Khoshroo submits his credentials to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on February 17, 2015.[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian New Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo called for serious and compressive fight against terrorism....

[caption id="attachment_151707" align="alignright" width="168"] Iran's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Gholam Ali Khoshroo[/caption] The new Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Gholamali Khoshroo, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today. Prior to his appointment, Mr.Khoshroo was his countrys ...

[caption id="attachment_117349" align="alignright" width="143"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) shakes hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 18, 2014.[/caption] TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) Iranian FM, while addressing Ban Ki-moon in a letter and expressing worry of islamophobic ...

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Palestine will join the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 1. In a statement posted on the UN's treaty website on Tuesday night, the secretary-general said, "The statute will enter into force for the State of Palestine on April 1, 2015." On Monday, Herman von Herbel, who serves as ICC registrar,...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the Takfiri ISIL militants abduction of the pilot of a Jordanian aircraft downed in Syria. On Wednesday, the UN chief called on the militants to release the pilot, who was captured after his plane was reportedly shot down in Syrias Raqqa province earlier in the day. The secretary noted with concern ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The UN General Assembly passed a resolution asking Israel to pay Lebanon more than $850mln in damages for an oil spill caused by an Israeli air force attack in its war against Lebanese Hezbollah in 2006. The resolution, which passed late on Friday, said "the environmental disaster" resulted in an oil slick that covered the entire ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for Human Rights Day, urged States to respect their commitments over protecting human rights all the time. In his message, Ban Ki-moon emphasized on protection of human rights as an obligation for all countries and people in all times regardless of their origin, race,...

New York, Dec 4, IRNA Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Hossein Dehqani urged the UN to show firm reaction to the terrorist attack on the Iranian embassy building in Yemen. In a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon and the Security Council rotating chairman Muhammad Zain Sharif on Wednesday, Dehqani underlined the need to condemn ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) United Nations Secretary-Generals statement on World AIDS Day shows 35mn people live with HIV worldwide. The message issued by Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of 1 December 2014, welcomes the tremendous progress the world is making in responding to the AIDS epidemic; Mr. Ban warned that there were 35 million people living with ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a message on the occasion of International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women considering responsibility for everyone to prevent and end violence against women and girls. In his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2014,...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is encouraged by the determination and commitment by the P51 and Iran to overcome their remaining differences and to achieve a comprehensive agreement. On the extension of talks concerning Iran's nuclear programme, the Spokesman to the UN Chief said in a note to the correspondents ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on the countries involved in negotiations on Irans nuclear energy program to do their best for the successful culmination of the talks. On the occasion of the resumption of talks between the P5+1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Secretary-General calls on all participants to demonstrate the necessary ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani categorically dismissed the contents of a draft resolution sponsored by the Ottawa government and submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee against Tehran, saying that the draf contains repetition of the previous allegations to which Iran has provided well-documented responses. "The topics ...