United Nations

100,000+ children in Ethiopia’s Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF

Jul 30, 2021 16:10

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray, saying more than 100,000 children could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump in average annual levels.
Iran slams Security Council’s ‘seven decades’ of silence over Israeli atrocities

Jul 29, 2021 12:27

An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has censured the UN Security Council’s seven decades of utter silence against all unlawful acts committed by the Israeli regime, saying the history of mankind testifies that when unlawful acts go unpunished, they are repeated.
Syria to UNSC: Israeli regime aerial acts of aggression violate intl. law

Jul 29, 2021 12:24

Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations has denounced Israeli regime aerial assaults on Syrian territories as a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, international law and Security Council resolutions that urge respect for the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Lebanon calls on UN to force Israel into implementing Security Council Resolution 1701

Jul 27, 2021 05:29

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has called on the United Nations to compel the Tel Aviv regime to implement Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 33-day-long Israeli military onslaught on the country in the summer of 2006 and demands respect for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
UN rights chief's remarks on Khuzestan events ‘meddlesome, politically-motivated: Iran Foreign Ministry

Jul 25, 2021 05:33

Iran has dismissed the meddlesome and politically-motivated remarks by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on the recent incidents in the country’s Khuzestan Province, saying her words are more like a “political statement with hostile literature” than the remarks of an international human rights official.
WHO concerned over 'long term' impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health

Jul 22, 2021 18:58

The mental health impact of the pandemic will be "long-term and far-reaching", the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, as experts and leaders called for action on COVID-linked anxiety and stress.
Syria says to spare no effort to defend its sovereignty after new Israeli raid

Jul 22, 2021 18:49

Reacting to Zionist entity’s new airstrikes, Syria says it will spare no effort to defend its sovereignty in the face of Israeli acts of aggression.
Yemenis gather in front of UN office, urge pressure on Riyadh to lift siege

Jul 20, 2021 18:28

On Eid al-Adha, Yemenis from all walks of life came together in front of the United Nations office in the capital, Sana'a, to call on the international community to pressure Saudi Arabia into lifting the blockade imposed on the war-torn country.
Iran urges help for Iraq in holding parliamentary elections on schedule

Jul 12, 2021 08:16

Iran’s envoy to Baghdad urged that the United Nations and world countries should cooperate with the Iraqi government to enable it to hold the parliamentary elections on schedule.
Syria hails UN resolution to extend cross-border aid mechanism as ‘achievement’

Jul 11, 2021 12:47

The Syrian foreign minister has hailed as an “achievement” a newly-adopted United Nations resolution to extend the cross-border aid operation into the West Asian country, as the move would compel the West to respect the territorial integrity of Syria.