UNHCR

Envoy:

Call for UNHRC session on Iran "political, unconstructive"

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva says request to convene a special session of UN Human Rights Council on Iran is nothing but a politically-motivated and unconstructive move by certain states.

UN cuts aid to refugees worldwide amid funding issues

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has suspended the movement of refugees from neighboring countries to safe areas in Chad and South Sudan due to lack of funds, it said.