UN supports Iran in the fight against the serious coronavirus outbreak in the country
Tehran, 5 March 2020 – The United Nations in the Islamic Republic of Iran is stepping up its efforts to support the country’s response to the new Coronavirus outbreak. On March 4, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran stood at 2,922 with 92 confirmed deaths....
UPHI announcement
UNHCR rushing relief supplies to assist Afghans and Iranians affected by floods
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and humanitarian partners to provide assistance to survivors of recent floods that swept through Sistan and Baluchistan province in the south of Iran recently in January. A...
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New SSAR Support Platform refocuses international attention on displaced Afghans
Forty years since the start of the conflict in Afghanistan, finding solutions for the millions of Afghans who remain displaced is key to the country and the region’s collective future.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran commit to new Afghan support platform at Refugee Forum
Forty years since the onset of the Afghan displacement crisis, leaders from the Islamic Republics of Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan along with UNHCR and refugee representatives have gathered in Geneva to launch a new Support Platform for the Solutions Strategy for...
Global Refugee Forum
16 (Advance Session), 17 & 18 December 2019 (High-Level Session)
World gathering on refugees opens in Geneva after ‘decade of displacement’
Global Refugee Forum, 16–18 December in Geneva A three-day global gathering aimed at transforming the way the world responds to refugee situations starts today in Geneva, Switzerland. The first-ever Global Refugee Forum brings together refugees, heads of state and...