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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Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmStarving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
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Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmFor most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product – making it easier, and more appealing, to try.
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Songs of hope rise from Gaza’s ruins
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmIn Al-Jundi Al-Majhool Square – once the bustling heart of Gaza City – music now floats among the tents. The square, transformed into a sprawling displacement camp, shelters hundreds of families driven from their homes by more than 19 months[…]
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World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmIn Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school.
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‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmSecretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday.
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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
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‘This is not just ice’: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 30, 2025 | 14:00 pmUN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday.
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‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 29, 2025 | 14:00 pmA young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show that her generation can be part of the solution to combat climate change.
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UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 29, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe UN’s urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services – that’s around 40 per cent of the global population.
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Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 29, 2025 | 14:00 pmA glimmer of hope for peace in Ukraine has been overshadowed by a devastating new wave of Russian attacks, UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, warning of soaring civilian casualties and a worsening humanitarian crisis that could derail[…]
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