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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Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
UN News May 19, 2022 | 20:30 pm“When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Countries review progress on global migration compact
UN News May 19, 2022 | 19:34 pmAlthough many migrants worked on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, risking their own lives to save others, they were at times denied access to basic services and excluded from recovery plans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in New York[…]
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Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 per cent this year: UN relief chief
UN News May 19, 2022 | 19:10 pmThe number of people in need has risen by around 10 per cent this year so far, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief said on Thursday.
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More than 59 million internally displaced in 2021
UN News May 19, 2022 | 17:19 pmA record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, or four million more than in 2020, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday, citing the latest Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID).
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Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel, Joint Force ‘a setback’ for the region
UN News May 19, 2022 | 15:39 pmMali’s decision on 15 May to withdraw from the G5-Sahel group and its Joint Force is “unfortunate” and “regrettable”, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday, as she urged countries in the region to redouble efforts[…]
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Nations must ‘act together, urgently and with solidarity’ to end crisis of food insecurity
UN News May 18, 2022 | 22:36 pmHunger levels around the world are at “a new high”, the UN chief said on Wednesday, in a call to action to fight the current surge in global food insecurity.
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Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
UN News May 18, 2022 | 22:00 pmCOVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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Global economic growth downgraded due to spillover from Ukraine war
UN News May 18, 2022 | 18:10 pmThe global economy is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent this year, down from the 4.0 per cent projected in January, largely derailed by the war in Ukraine, according to the UN’s latest World Economic Situation and Prospects[…]
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UN marks first ever international day spotlighting women working in the maritime industry
UN News May 18, 2022 | 17:17 pmThe first ever International Day for Women in Maritime kicked off its inaugural celebration on Wednesday with a seminar to “take stock and identify areas where improvement is needed”, the top UN official representing seafarers said.
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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
UN News May 18, 2022 | 16:30 pmHealth authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a child in the country’s north-eastern Tete province, had contracted the disease.
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