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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COP28: UN chief previews panel on management of minerals essential for green energy transition
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 2, 2023 | 13:00 pmUN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is just, sustainable and benefits all countries.
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World News in Brief: Engagement with Sudan, Red Sea vessel attacks, SDGs disabilities promise
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 2, 2023 | 13:00 pmUN engagement with Sudan will continue in the wake of the decision to terminate its political mission in the country, the Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement.
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Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 2, 2023 | 13:00 pmDelegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.
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COP28: As ‘humanity’s fate hangs in the balance’, UN chief calls for urgent action to prevent planetary crash
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 1, 2023 | 13:00 pmEarth’s vital signs are failing and to prevent planetary crash and burn, “we need…cooperation and political will”, UN Secretary General António Guterres said on Friday, challenging world leaders gathered in Dubai for COP28 to show real global climate leadership.
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Shock and terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 1, 2023 | 13:00 pmAs Secretary-General António Guterres spoke of his deep regret about the resumption of military operations in Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians vowed to stay and help all those in need, while reiterating “nowhere is safe from attacks” in the war-shattered[…]
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Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 1, 2023 | 13:00 pmAgrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines of loss and damage linked to climate change, a new report released on Friday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed.
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Unprecedented drought emergency demands urgent action
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 1, 2023 | 13:00 pmA new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two years which have resulted in an unprecedented emergency due to human-induced droughts.
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World News in Brief: Gaza aid, support for Afghan returnees, end modern slavery
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 1, 2023 | 13:00 pmAny continuation in the recent increase in aid delivery to the Gaza Strip is uncertain now that fighting has resumed, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Friday.
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Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 1, 2023 | 13:00 pmThe Security Council on Friday decided to terminate the mandate of the UN political mission in Sudan from next Monday, after Khartoum called for its immediate withdrawal last month.
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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 30, 2023 | 13:00 pmDeadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 killed and 750,000 displaced from their homes, the authorities and humanitarian partners said on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu.
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