Newsletter from UN human rights organisation
Die Menschenrechte im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
Bereits die Charta der Vereinten Nationen von 1945 enthält den klaren Auftrag an die Staatengemeinschaft, die Achtung und Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und Grundrechte für alle zu fördern. Der Grundstein für den internationalen Schutz der Menschenrechte wurde mit der 1948 verabschiedeten Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gelegt.
Der Newsticker informiert über aktuelle Ereignisse zum Thema Menschenrechte.
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Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmAmid growing international calls for restraint from Israel in Gaza and reports on Wednesday of further deadly strikes overnight, UN humanitarians underscored the ongoing devastating impact of the war and the need to ensure reliable aid supply lines to people[…]
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Palestine: General Assembly discusses failed UN membership bid
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmPalestine’s recent attempt to become a full member of the United Nations was the focus of discussion in the General Assembly on Wednesday.
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Europe: Report highlights direct link between pandemic and childhood obesity
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased obesity in school-aged children in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) office for the region said in a new report issued on Wednesday, sounding the alarm for action.
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World News in Brief: UN supporting East Africa flood victims, dozens more migrant deaths at sea, disinformation in Myanmar
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe UN and humanitarian partners have provided emergency support for over 124,000 people in Kenya, where heavy rains continue to cause chaos, the UN said on Wednesday, as the UN chief extended his condolences to countries across the region where[…]
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Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 30, 2024 | 14:00 pmChildren as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “massive collapse” in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country’s southern border with Israel that threaten to spiral into a “full-scale war”, UN[…]
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‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 30, 2024 | 14:00 pmOrdinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on[…]
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Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 30, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a series of heavy-handed steps” taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle Gaza war protests.
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Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 30, 2024 | 14:00 pmWith the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement.
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World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 30, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of violence and displacement are fuelling unprecedented civilian suffering in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Security Council hears of progress in Bosnia despite ‘worrying’ trend of genocide denial
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 30, 2024 | 14:00 pmBoth positive and “worrying” developments have recently unfolded in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a top UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday at an emergency meeting requested by Russia.
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