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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Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’
UN News May 28, 2022 | 19:16 pmThe Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity. despite the “multiple crises” that people there are enduring; that’s according to Annadif Khatir Mahamat Saleh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel.
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5 ways UN Peacekeeping partnerships drive peace and development
UN News May 28, 2022 | 06:16 amEvery day, United Nations peacekeepers work to protect millions of vulnerable people in increasingly dangerous places in the world’s most fragile political contexts.
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Chile: Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’
UN News May 27, 2022 | 22:14 pmThe head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with HIV.
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Rights office welcomes Zambia’s pledge to abolish the death penalty
UN News May 27, 2022 | 22:13 pmZambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday in welcoming the decision.
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5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem
UN News May 27, 2022 | 18:57 pmThe Ocean is the planet’s largest ecosystem, regulating the climate, and providing livelihoods for billions. But its health is in danger. The second UN Ocean Conference, due to take place in June, will be an important opportunity to redress the[…]
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‘Think resilience’ to protect against climate and other catastrophes
UN News May 27, 2022 | 18:21 pmMore countries must “think resilience”, and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce risks from an increasing number of disasters across the world, a UN disaster forum concluded on Friday.
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States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea
UN News May 27, 2022 | 18:10 pmAmid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply increased. On Friday the UN called for regional Governments to step up protection for refugees.
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Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’
UN News May 27, 2022 | 16:12 pmWith more than 3.5 million people having fled to Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to scale up its operations to provide aid to arrivals, the agency’s spokesperson said on[…]
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Resolve the conflict, don’t just manage it, top envoy tells Israelis, Palestinians
UN News May 27, 2022 | 02:54 amIsraelis and Palestinians must push beyond the paradigm of managing the conflict and move towards resolving it, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Thursday, as he expressed particular concern that dynamics in the[…]
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‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya
UN News May 26, 2022 | 23:38 pmDespite UN efforts, political, economic and security deadlock continues in Libya, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that human rights there have also deteriorated.
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