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UN Chief urges all to address climate change, COVID-19 pandemic
Tehran, Dec 29, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his 2021 new year message said both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are crises that can only be addressed by everyone together – as part of a transition to an inclusive and sustainable future.
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UN Sec-Gen vows to help strengthen epidemic preparedness after COVID-19
Tehran, Dec 27, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message for the first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, December 27, said the UN system, including the World Health Organization, is strongly committed to supporting Governments and all partners in strengthening epidemic preparedness.
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Iran UN envoy urges EU to prove INSTEX efficacy
New York, Dec 20, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi urged the European Union to prove efficacy of INSTEX, saying Iran should take advantage of JCPOA economic benefits.
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Tehran supports peace talks in Afghanistan: Iran UN envoy
New York, Dec 18, IRNA --- Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi on Thursday said that Iran supports the Afghanistan peace talks and believes that its successful conclusion requires flexibility and patience by all sides, placing the interests of the people of Afghanistan above all other interests.
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End corruption, bribery for a more just and equal world: UN Chief
Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on Interntional Anti-Corruption Day, December 9, 2020, urged all governments, businesses, civil society and stakeholders to end corruption and bribery for a more just and equal world.
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Aviation to play critical role in lifting the world to recovery from COVID-19: UN Chief
Tehran, Dec 7, IRNA – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on International Civil Aviation Day, December 7, 2020, called aviation as an important engine of the world that will play a critical role in lifting the world to recovery from COVID-19.
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Iran reacts to UN decision to remove cannabis from list of most hazardous drugs
London, Dec 5, IRNA – Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi on Friday said that cannabis and its derivatives (Hashish and marijuana) are still very dangerous and addictive and are legally forbidden.
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It’s time to make peace with nature, UN chief urges
Tehran, Dec 4, IRNA -- The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, in a passionate, uncompromising speech delivered at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.
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Assassination of Iranian scientist “clear manifestation of state terrorism”: Envoy
Tehran, Dec 3, IRNA – Counselor at the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations on Palestine Mohammad Reza Sahraei said that the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is a criminal act and a clear manifestation of state terrorism aimed at jeopardizing international and regional peace, and needs to be strongly and immediately condemned by the international community.
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Iran calls for global consensus against unilateral bullying measures
London, Dec 3, IRNA - Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi urged all countries and international bodies to stand against the bullying measures, including recent assassination of the prominent scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Victim of Sardasht chemical warfare demands UN chief to bring to justice perpetrators
Tehran, Dec 1, IRNA - Farideh Shafei, the victim of the 1987 Sardasht chemical attack in a letter to Secretary General of United Nations António Guterres called for bringing to justice perpetrators of the chemical warfare.
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On World AIDS Day, UN urges world solidarity to overcome COVID-19 & AIDS
Tehran, Dec 1, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2020, announcing that HIV still infects 1.7 million people each year and kills some 690 000, made it clear that to overcome COVID-19 and end AIDS, the world must stand in solidarity and share responsibility.
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UN Chief calls for honouring the victims of chemical warfare
Tehran, Nov 30, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, 30 November 2020, called for honouring the victims of chemical warfare by pledging to consign these dreadful weapons to the pages of history.
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Iran holds US, Israel responsible for Fakhrizadeh assassination
New York, Nov 28, IRNA - Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (UN) Majid Takht Ravanchi held US and the Israeli regimes accountable for assassination of the Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Iran urges UN to slam state-sponsored assassination of Iranian scientist
New York, Nov 28, IRNA - Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations (UN) Majid Takht Ravanchi in a message urged the UN Secretary-General and the UN Security Council to condemn state-sponsored assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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UN Chief urges int’l community to end shadow of gender-based violence pandemic
Tehran, Nov 25, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2020, urged the international community to work to end the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence once and for all.
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Iran calls for lifting sanctions imposed on Syria
Tehran, Nov 22, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his meeting with UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen stressed the lifting of cruel and unjust sanctions against the Syrian government and people, especially during the coronavirus pandemic era.
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Diplomat: West holding Syria's humanitarian issues hostage to political gains
Tehran, Nov 21, IRNA - Senior Assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji said on Saturday that western countries have taken Syria’s humanitarian issues hostage to their political objectives and tried to prevent the Syrian refugees from holding a conference in Damascus.
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UN and partners release new Research Roadmap to guide recovery from COVID-19
Tehran, Nov 18, IRNA - COVID-19 has exposed stark global inequities, fragilities and unsustainable practices that have intensified the impact of the pandemic. According to UN estimates, in 2020, 71 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty, UN Information Center in Tehran said on Wednesday.
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Some 3700 people lost on world’s roads every day
TEHRAN, Nov 16, IRNA -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, November 15, said some 3,700 people are lost on the world’s roads every day.
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Iran, UN envoys discuss developments in Afghanistan
Tehran, Nov 6, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Bahador Aminian in a meeting with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons reviewed the latest developments in Afghanistan.
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Iranian lawyers, Uni profs calls on UN to help free Iranian diplomat detained in Belgium
London, Nov 4, IRNA - A group of university professors, lawyers and jurists have called on the United Nations (UN) to interfere in the process of freedom of an Iranian diplomat arrested in Belgium.
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Strengthening disaster risk governance should help build resilience to hazards: UN Chief
Tehran, Nov 4, IRNA – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Tsunami Awareness Day, 5 November 2020, said strengthening disaster risk governance should help build our resilience to all hazards, natural and man-made.
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UN Chief calls for a free press that can play its essential role in peace, justice
Tehran, Nov 2, IRNA – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 2 November 2020, reiterated his call for a free press that can play its essential role in peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights.
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US hostility towards Iranians has no limit, spokesman
New York, Oct 27, IRNA - Spokesman for the Iranian mission to the United Nations Alireza Miryousefi said in a message citing the US new sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities that the US hostility to Iranians has no limit.
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Zarif calls UN for action against unilateralism, war
New York, Oct 26, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that appeasement is the cause of the growth of the US bullying, calling the United Nations to stand up against unilateralism and war.
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Zarif urges UN to contain US
Tehran, Oct 26, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to US' history of waging war and urged the UN to contain it.
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Colossal challenges can be overcome with global solidarity, cooperation: Guterres
Tehran, Oct 24, IRNA – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in his message on the United Nations Day, marked on October 24 that the "colossal challenges" facing the world -- from COVID-19 to climate emergency -- can be overcome with global solidarity and cooperation.
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UN urges people to recheck information before sharing online
New York, IRNA -- With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a “communications emergency” caused by false information disseminated on social media, the UN Secretary-General is encouraging people everywhere to take a breath before sharing content online.
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Iran's UN mission: Tehran to have legitimate arms trade with other countries
New York, Oct 18, IRNA - Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations in a statement announced that Iran as a responsible member of the international community will have legitimate trade with other states including in arms trade as of Sunday.