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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From Milan to Glasgow, young Moroccans commit to fighting climate change
UN News Jan 22, 2022 | 14:25 pmA new way to recycle large amounts of coffee grounds; a platform connecting young African activists; technology to produce electricity from ocean waves or recycle plastic. A new energy-efficient construction method - an innovative carpooling app.
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UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 22:44 pmEmergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of vulnerable families who have been impacted by violence and extremism[…]
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UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 22:19 pmAs news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has a message to the outside world: Tonga’s people are going to need sustained support responding to[…]
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Urgent action needed to protect Vietnamese workers trafficked to Serbia
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 21:36 pmUrgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to Serbia, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
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Yemen: UN mission warns of ‘devastating’ loss of life, as Guterres condemns coalition airstrikes
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 20:28 pmThe UN chief has condemned airstrikes launched early on Friday by the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi rebels in Yemen, that struck a detention centre in the rebel-held city of Saada, which have left at least 60 dead, and more than[…]
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UN chief calls for action to put out ‘5-alarm global fire’
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 18:45 pmAt a time when “the only certainty is more uncertainty”, countries must unite to forge a new, more hopeful and equal path, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Friday, laying out his priorities for 2022.
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1.5 million children lack treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 17:25 pmAt least 1.5 million children are not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa, warned the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday.
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First Person: ‘We saw people running from the tsunami, screaming’
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 17:13 pmWhen a tsunami swept over much of Tonga last weekend, Joseph Sikulu, a Tongan national, was in Sydney, Australia, exiled from home by strict COVID-19 travel restrictions. For three days, with most communications lines severed, his family and friends were[…]
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Tigray: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ amid aid obstacles
UN News Jan 21, 2022 | 16:11 pmFor the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, only to find that some Eritrean nationals living there have likely died of preventable diseases, while others are “scared and struggling to get enough[…]
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Top UN Colombia official calls for greater implementation of historic peace accord
UN News Jan 20, 2022 | 22:56 pmFive years after its signing, the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia is setting down ever deeper roots, the Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Thursday, as he called on the Government, political parties, former combatants and[…]
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