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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Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmIsrael’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as “bait”, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
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Haiti: Displaced families grapple with death ‘from the inside’ and out
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmShattered by her husband’s death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for[…]
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Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmCosta Rica’s long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of Nicaraguan asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa are facing record hunger as conflict, displacement, economic hardship and repeated extreme weather push the region towards a major crisis.
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UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe United States’ decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, will slash critical health services for women and girls worldwide, the agency warned on Friday.
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World News in Brief: ‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmUN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide life-saving assistance for civilians recently displaced by intensifying violence in North Darfur state.
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UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 9, 2025 | 14:00 pmA looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies unless smarter trade and investment strategies are adopted, the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, has warned.
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World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali updates
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 8, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with the African Union mission there, and other key bodies collectively known as the Quartet, have raised the alarm over rising violence and political instability in South Sudan.
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UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 8, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for another year, as the world’s youngest nation teeters on the brink of renewed conflict.
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‘She cries in her sleep’: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 8, 2025 | 14:00 pmAn estimated 3,800 people have died as a result of the devastating earthquakes that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Six weeks on, the situation in Myanmar remains dire, with whole communities still traumatised and vulnerable.
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