A Chinese envoy on Monday called for complete and immediate lifting of unilateral coercive measures against Syria, noting that the sanctions will harm the vulnerable country's efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, in a message to the mayor of Shiraz, said on Sunday that he is fully supportive of Iran's fight against the coronavirus and expressed concern about the restrictions the country might face as a result of sanctions.

The United Nations' envoy to Yemen said the war-torn country is at a “critical juncture”, calling on warring parties to work towards a de-escalation in fighting.

A petition that Iranian people have signed against the US after the American assassination of top commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani was submitted to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan on phone late on Friday night.

Lise Grande, the UN coordinator, denounced the terrible strikes that killed and wounded dozens of civilians including women “Under international humanitarian law, parties which resort to force are obligated to protect civilians,” she said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi offered his congratulations to the Iranian people and government over the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory in 1979.

Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the main purpose of the United States in assassinating Iran’s top commander Lt. Gen. Soleimani was to escalate tension in the region.

The news of the assassination of Commander-in-Chief General Qassim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, as two high-ranking military figures in Iran and Iraq, was so regrettable that all peace-loving and freedom-loving people as well as all human rights advocates must condemn this act of war.

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres blasted the US assassination of the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Cords (IRGC) Qods Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and said that the Islamic Republic reserves the right to self-defense against any threat following Washington’s crime.

Iran’s foreign minister has talked over the phone with the United Nations secretary general over the US assassination of top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) approved a resolution on Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.

Iran's Representative at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly said that the economic terrorism practiced by the US against Iran is sheer manifestation of tyranny at the international level and said that Washington and advocated of the UN's anti-Iran human rights statement benefit from the UN and its tools to exert maximum pressure on Iranians.

Israeli occupation of Palestine has cost the Palestinian economy more than $2.5 billion a year for the past two decades, a UN report said Monday.

The UN chief on Sunday urged Myanmar to ensure the "safe" return of Rohingya refugees driven out by army operations, a plea made in front of Aung San Suu Kyi more than two years since her country cracked down on the Muslim minority.