TEHRAN, 12 October 2020 (UNIC) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message for launch of World Food Week, 12 October 2020, announced that the United Nations will convene a Food Systems Summit in New York in September next year.
TEHRAN, 13 October 2020 (UNIC) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October 2020, said good disaster risk governance means acting on science and evidence.
TEHRAN, 13 October 2020 (UNIC) - Over the past 50 years, more than 11,000 disasters have been attributed to weather, climate and water-related hazards, involving 2 million deaths and US$ 3.6 trillion in economic losses. While the average number of deaths recorded for each disaster has fallen by a third during this period, the number of recorded disasters has increased five times and the economic losses have increased by a factor of seven, according to a new multi-agency report entitled: the 2020 State of Climate Services Report.
Tehran – World Food Day 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of FAO in an exceptional moment as countries around the world deal with the widespread effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a time to look into the future we need to build together.
TEHRAN – In order to commemorate the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Ambassadors of Peace and Friendship Group in cooperation with the United Nations Information Center in Tehran, held a webinar on environment on Tuesday 6 October.
TEHRAN, 15 October 2020 (UNIC) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2020, called for building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19.