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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Civilians at breaking point in eastern DR Congo warns top aid official, in call to resume talks
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 19, 2025 | 13:00 pmAs the Security Council prepared to gather on Wednesday to debate the international community’s response to the growing emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN’s top aid official there urged all warring parties to allow lifesaving[…]
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DR CONGO: Live updates as Security Council meets to avert widening war
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 19, 2025 | 13:00 pmIntensifying violence in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to displace thousands as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group threatens to march on the distant capital, Kinshasa, and the UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting[…]
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UN to continue Gaza vaccination campaign against polio
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 19, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza which began successfully last year, will continue in the coming days.
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‘Fragile stability’ in Libya increasingly at risk, Security Council hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 19, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe dream of a civil, democratic and prosperous Libya remains unfulfilled 14 years after the revolution that led to the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime, the head of UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 19, 2025 | 13:00 pmThree years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving millions in urgent need of support, according to UN Women.
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Multilateralism: What is it, and why does it matter?
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2025 | 13:00 pmMultilateralism is a term frequently used at the United Nations, but it’s not a concept that is only relevant to the corridors and conference rooms where international diplomacy takes place.
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DR Congo: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious human rights violations and abuses, including reported summary executions of children and generalised sexual violence.
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UN environment agency calls for urgent action on ‘triple planetary crisis’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called on Tuesday for urgent action to combat climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, warning that progress on all fronts remains slow and uneven.
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Amid ‘clear’ threat of nuclear war, Guterres tells Security Council multilateral off-ramp is essential
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2025 | 13:00 pmStrengthening international cooperation and delivering on a UN pact that calls for reforming global governance, among other measures, was the focus of debate in the Security Council on Tuesday.
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World News in Brief: $53.2 billion needed for Palestinian recovery, UN condemns UNRWA schools raid, Lebanon-Israel tensions continue
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next ten years, according to the latest Damage and Needs Assessment from the UN and partners.
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