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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Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 29, 2022 | 13:00 pmInequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist route map” can get countries back on track, the UN agency leading the fight against the disease said in a report published on Tuesday.
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‘Intense diplomatic efforts’ continue to ensure food and fertilizers reach those in need
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 29, 2022 | 13:00 pmThe first shipment of fertilizer donated by Russian producers to countries hit hard by rising global food insecurity, has left the Netherlands bound for Malawi, the UN Spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.
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WHO recommends new name for monkeypox
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 28, 2022 | 13:00 pmMonkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, in the wake of reports of racist and stigmatizing language surrounding the name of the disease.
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Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 28, 2022 | 13:00 pmSome 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, noting that coupled with 310,000 newly infected, the total number of young people living with HIV stands at 2.7 million.
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‘Critical opportunity’ to protect against biological warfare, countries hear
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 28, 2022 | 13:00 pmThe international community should push ahead with stalled plans to prevent biological weapons from being developed in the wake of COVID-19, the UN’s top disarmament official insisted on Monday.
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‘We cannot give up’ on the millions suffering in drought-stricken Horn of Africa, urges WFP official
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 28, 2022 | 13:00 pmMillions of people in the Horn of Africa – a region at the intersection of some of the worst impacts of climate change, recurring humanitarian crises and insecurity – are facing the driest conditions in four decades along with extreme[…]
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict nearing ‘boiling point’, UN envoy warns
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 28, 2022 | 13:00 pmConflict between Israelis and Palestinians “is again reaching a boiling point”, the UN Middle East envoy told the Security Council on Monday, warning of escalating violence amid a stalled peace process.
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Ukraine: Heading into winter without heat or water, needs in Mykolaiv are 'critical’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 28, 2022 | 13:00 pmIn the south of Ukraine, people have no water, electricity or heat, and food is scarce, the UN Spokesperson said on Monday.
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Healing Haiti in the face of an increase in sexual violence
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 27, 2022 | 13:00 pmIt is estimated that at least 30 per cent of Haitian women between the ages of 15 and 30 years old have been the victims of sexual abuse or violence. The Spotlight Initiative, a global Initiative of the United Nations[…]
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Central African Republic: UN chief strongly condemns airfield attack which left one peacekeeper dead
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 26, 2022 | 13:00 pmThe UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on an airfield in southeastern Central African Republic (CAR) which left one peacekeeper from Morocco dead, while his unit was attempting to secure the perimeter.
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