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Sweden will no longer fund (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased overall humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country says, in a move denounced by the head of the agency.

Gharibabadi's Meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Visit of the Secretary-General of the HCHR to the "Iran and One Hundred Years of Multilateralism" Exhibition in Geneva

Gharibabadi visited the "Iran and One Hundred Years of Multilateralism" exhibition during his mission to Geneva to participate in the 55th session of Human Rights Council.

Gharibabadi: Governments and policymakers should enact laws and policies supporting the rights of Muslims

On the International Day of Combating Islamophobia and during the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights called on the governments and policymakers to enact laws and policies that support ...

The reaction of the HCHR to the unreliable, biased and political report of the so-called Fact-Finding Mission

In response to the unreliable, illegal, biased and political report of the so-called Fact-Finding Mission, the High Council for Human Rights published the views of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran supports ratification of UN resolution on combatting Islamophobia

Iran has stressed its full support for the ratification of a draft resolution on “measures to combat Islamophobia” at the United Nations.

In a letter to 3 high officials of the United Nations, Gharibabadi demanded the expulsion of the Zionist regime from the Women's Status Commission

In a letter to 3 high officials of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights demanded the expulsion of the Zionist regime from the Commission on the Status of Women.

Drowning deaths at US-Mexico border up 3,200% since Trump raised wall height – report

Thirty-three people attempting to cross the border into San Diego died in the Pacific Ocean from 2020 to 2023, study shows.

UN experts condemn ‘flour massacre’, urge Israel to end campaign of starvation in Gaza

UN experts today condemned the violence unleashed by Israeli forces, which killed at least 112 people gathered to collect flour in Gaza last week, as a “massacre” amid conditions of inevitable starvation and destruction of the local food ...

Sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the entertainment industry must stop immediately: UN expert

Urgent action is needed to intensify individual and collective efforts to combat the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in various media and aspects of the entertainment industry, a UN expert said today.

Aaron Bushnell's death 'not in vain' as he spotlighted genocide in Palestine, friend says

A friend of Aaron Bushnell, the American soldier who set himself on fire in protest at Israel’s war on Gaza, says the self-immolated soldier did not die in vain as he brought the Israeli-American genocide in Palestine into the spotlight.