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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Rights experts condemn UK racism report attempting to ‘normalize white supremacy’
UN News Apr 19, 2021 | 14:18 pmUN independent human rights experts on Monday denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United Kingdom, saying that it further distorted and falsified historical facts, and could even fuel racism and racial discrimination.
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MYANMAR CRISIS: Stand with the people and protect them, urges UN rights expert
UN News Apr 19, 2021 | 06:32 amThe international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Myanmar, under attack from their own military, the UN independent human rights expert on the country argues, in the second part of our in-depth interview, calling also for refuge[…]
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Green transformation will rival industrial revolution: US climate envoy
UN News Apr 18, 2021 | 12:20 pmThe transition to a global economic model which will slow down climate change and create jobs will be the “biggest economic transformation since the industrial revolution” according to John Kerry, the US climate envoy.
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Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent
UN News Apr 17, 2021 | 11:15 amA 77-year old nun from the southern African country of Lesotho has been telling the UN how she survived a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in her convent and why it’s important to embrace the vaccine.
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Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP
UN News Apr 16, 2021 | 22:16 pmMore than 31 million people across West and Central Africa may not have enough to eat in the coming months as hunger rises due to an “explosive mix” of skyrocketing food prices, conflict and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the[…]
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Libya: Security Council backs ceasefire mechanism, calls for withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries
UN News Apr 16, 2021 | 22:00 pmThe UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution which calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and gives the green light for a UN team to monitor last October’s historic ceasefire agreement.
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Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing
UN News Apr 16, 2021 | 20:11 pmWith the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and[…]
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Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development
UN News Apr 16, 2021 | 19:13 pmThe United Nations Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back impacts of climate change and build a green and sustainable future for all.
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COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns
UN News Apr 16, 2021 | 18:27 pmCOVID-19 infections are approaching their highest rates since the pandemic began just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday.
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INTERVIEW: Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out, UN expert says
UN News Apr 16, 2021 | 17:05 pmThe crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is “not working”, and the world is not buying the military leadership’s “propaganda” that it is exercising restraint against protesters, the UN independent human[…]
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