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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COVID-19: Vaccines donated next year, ‘too late for those who are dying today’
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 21:16 pmMillions more COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key global target of having 70 per cent of all national populations vaccinated, by the middle of 2022.
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Myanmar: Timely support and action by Security Council ‘really paramount’, says UN Special Envoy
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 20:59 pmThe UN Special Envoy for Myanmar said on Friday she has called for timely action from the Security Council in response to the ongoing crisis in the Southeast Asian country stemming from the military coup in February.
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Forced displacement at record level, despite COVID shutdowns: UNHCR
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 17:43 pmThe number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations, rose last year to nearly 82.4 million people, a further four percent increase on top of the already record-high of 79.5 million, recorded at the end of 2019.
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António Guterres secures second term as UN Secretary-General, calls for new era of ‘solidarity and equality’
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 17:40 pmAntónio Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID-19 and funding gaps: WFP
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 16:08 pmThe impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 00:32 amAmid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a longstanding and damaging political impasse, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council[…]
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Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
UN News Jun 17, 2021 | 23:56 pmSexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
UN News Jun 17, 2021 | 18:55 pmNew research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide.
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UN chief urges debt relief extension for middle-income countries
UN News Jun 17, 2021 | 18:54 pmInnovative measures to address debt are required to help the world’s more than 100 middle-income countries expand their economies and exit the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Thursday.
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Milestone moment for UN principles on business and human rights, but abuses persist
UN News Jun 16, 2021 | 21:56 pmAlthough more companies are committing to respect human rights, gaps and challenges remain, UN experts said on Wednesday in assessing a decade of standards for business that take the wellbeing of people and the planet into consideration.
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