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• The High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Moratinos, and the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, express their grave concern over the increase in stigma, hate speech and hate crimes targeting individuals and groups wrongfully vilified and perceived to be associated with the Coronavirus across the globe. “We are all facing the same enemy, one which is invisible, rapidly advancing, taking lives away and causing havoc indiscriminately. But allowing it to tear apart the fabric of our societies is perhaps one of the most serious upheavals that the COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting upon our world” the High Representative and the Special Adviser stated in New York on 26 March 2020.

• TEHRAN, 7 April 2021 (UNIC) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Health Day, 7 April 2021, while highlighting the health systems’ inequalities and injustices, called for implementation of policies and allocation of resources so all can enjoy the same health outcomes.
  

  

• The chief economist and assistant director-general for the Economic and Social Development Department at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that today the Desert Locust infestation is the “single greatest threat” to Iran’s agricultural system.

• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on International Widows Day, 23 June 2020, called on governments to include support for widows’ immediate needs in fiscal stimulus programmes.

Tehran, 21 August 2022 – With the arrival of the first shipments of equipment and supplies procured for the humanitarian project “Improving access to inclusive health care in long-term care facilities and enhancing the quality of life and dignity of the most vulnerable populations in Islamic Republic of Iran during the time of emergencies and pandemics,” the project takes another step towards achieving results.