United Nations Iran - World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of the Islamic Republic of Iran hold a two-day (1-2 October 2019) expert meeting in Tehran on Science-Policy-Practice Interface for Enhancing Health System Resilience against Floods in the country. The meeting has been organized ...

United Nations Iran - Looking from space, satellite imagery shows the abundant masses of water that characterize the Earth. Yet, less than 1% account for usable fresh water. Almost all human activities depend on water, be it food production, energy generation, industry or even recreation. Water management and governance affect the health of humans ...

United Nations Iran - Saturday marks World Migratory Bird Day which, this year, is raising awareness about the serious threats that plastic pollution poses to bird life, with a call for urgent measures to end the problem. These include getting caught up infishing gear and other plastic debris; confusing plastic waste with food and eating it, which ...

United Nations Iran - The 32ndTehran International Book Fair was opened on April 23 under the theme Reading Is Ability in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Seyyed Abbas Salehi, and other high-ranking officials and foreign diplomats at the Musalla of Imam Khomeini (Tehran Prayer Ground). China was the special ...

United Nations Iran - Since the middle of March 2019, intense rainfalls, storms and blizzards caused flooding in the Islamic Republic of Iran, causing significant human and material losses in 25 of the 31 provinces of the country. In response to the floods, between April 5 and 18, NRC dispatched three teams to Golestan, Lorestan and Khuzestan provinces ...

United Nations Iran - The UN Information Centre (UNIC), in cooperation with the Iranian Association for UN Studies (IAUNS), organized a Model UN Conference (MUN), simulating a session of the UN International Law Commission (ILC) at the UN Office in Tehran on 24 April 2019. The theme of the simulation was Immunity of State Officials from Foreign ...

United Nations Iran - Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (ESCAP-APDIM) in Iran in cooperation with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will organize a TrainingWorkshop on Sendai Framework Monitoring and Disaster Loss ...

United Nations Iran - UN in Iran is pleased to inform you thatboth UNICEF Germany and UNICEF Switzerland have opened accounts for anyone who would like to make donations from outside of Iran to help with the flood response.Details are here: UNICEF Germanys account to receive donations for the floods in Iran: Bank fr Sozialwirtschaft Kln IBAN DE57 ...

United Nations Iran - We, at the United Nations (UN), are deeply saddened by the loss of life, injuries and extensive damage caused by the severe floods in Iran. On behalf of the UN family and on behalf of the Secretary-General, I extend my sincere condolences to the families of the victims, to the Government, and to the people of Iran. The UN ...

United Nations Iran - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has welcomed an announcement by the Government of Japan that it will contribute over US$5.8 million to nine projects in Ethiopia, Gabon,the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, South Sudan, the State of Palestine and the Syrian Arab Republic. These ...

United Nations Iran - Several years of drought has turned Nehbandan area in Irans South Khorasan Province on the eastern border with Afghanistan into dry lands with harsh living conditions affecting the already disadvantaged rural population, mainly dependent on their livestock for their food and income. I am a herdsman, but due to continuous drought,...

MNA |Maryam Qarehgozlou: Global refugee compact will mobilize support for protracted refugee situation in Iran, UN Refugee Agency, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Trk, said on Monday. Global refugee compact is an effort by all 193 members of the United Nations to design to protect those who are forced to flee and support the ...

MNA UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Volker Trk has arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day visit. His visit aims to reaffirm the UNHCR's commitment to continue cooperation with Iran as a host country to one of the largest population of refugees in the world. During his stay, Volker Trk will meet with a group of senior representatives ...

un.org.ir- UNESCO and the University of Tehran celebrated the 5th International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to highlight the importance of investment in physical activities for the present and future of the country. At a ceremony that was hosted by the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education of the University of Tehran, Alexander Schischlik,...

IRNA Iran, with the help of UN-Habitat, is going to implement a project 'to reduce risk in the health sector', United Nations Information Center in Tehran announced on Tuesday. Full text of the UNIC press released received by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) follows: The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), in collaboration ...

United Nations Iran- I.R. of Iran to host 2018 biennium HelpAge Regional Conference on Population Ageing from 23-25 October 2018 (0103 Aban 1397). UNFPA Iran and HelpAge International signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding with the Deputy Minister and Head of State Welfare Organization (SWO) on behalf of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour ...

IRNA UN representative in Tehran Gary Lewis ended his five-year mission in Iran. According to the report of Foreign Ministry Media Department on Monday, UN coordinator in Iran Gary Lewis at the end of his mission had a farewell meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Since 2013, Gary Lewis was working in Iran as the UN representative ...

Tasnim The United Nations resident coordinator in Iran, Garry Lewis, hailed the great progress in cooperation with Tehran in recent years, specifying what main subjects the two sides are going to work on in the next five years. Addressing a ceremony at the National Library of Iran on Tuesday, held to mark the UN Day, Lewis said the UN mission and ...

UN.org- FAO has developed new guidelines aimed at helping countries develop strong National Forest Monitoring Systems, which are key to measure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to a press release published by the FAO Representation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, To fulfil their pledges under the Paris ...

MNA United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) aims to assist Iran in in assessing impact of energy, environmental policies on industrial development. United Nations Director General Li Yong in an article exclusively written for the Iranian media on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of UNIDO (1966-2016) said UNIDO is going to assist ...