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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‘Greater urgency’ needed in fight against HIV/AIDS, warns UN agency, amidst $1 billion investment cuts
UN News Jul 16, 2019 | 17:53 pmThe UN programme leading the global effort to end AIDS is calling for greater urgency and more funding in the fight against the disease, with data showing that the pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections is slowing, and[…]
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Ebola emergency meeting to go ahead as UNICEF warns of higher risk to very youngest children
UN News Jul 16, 2019 | 17:13 pmAhead of a key expert meeting convened by the United Nations to decide whether to declare the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) an international health emergency, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that the epidemic “is infecting[…]
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Survivors of ISIL terror in Iraq want justice, not revenge, says head of UN investigation team
UN News Jul 16, 2019 | 00:14 amThe scale and barbarity of the crimes committed by ISIL have ultimately served not to divide but to unify, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant[…]
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‘No hope’ global development goals can be achieved without women, says UN Assembly President
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 23:43 pmWithout the full participation and leadership of women, “we have no hope” of realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the President of the United Nations General Assembly told gender equality leaders on Monday.
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‘We won’t get to zero cases of Ebola without a big scale-up in funding,’ UN relief chief warns
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 22:48 pmDeadly, attacks on health workers in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including one at the weekend that left two dead, are an indication that combating the disease outbreak will require far greater international support, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Monday.
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Monday’s Daily Brief: numbers of hungry people rising, millions of children need vaccines, Mali children need more protection
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 22:23 pmIn today’s Daily Brief: achieving zero hunger an “immense challenge”, with numbers of hungry rising; 20 million children are missing out on potentially life-saving vaccines, the killing of health workers in DR Congo shows the need for a stronger Ebola[…]
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Baby foods high in sugar, inappropriately marketed in Europe, reveal two UN studies
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 21:58 pmProper nutrition for newborn babies into early childhood is key to development and good health in later life, according to the Regional Director of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe, as she launched two new studies on Monday.
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‘Complacency’ a factor in stagnating global vaccination rates, warn UN health chiefs
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 17:45 pmMore than one in 10 children – almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, the UN said on Monday, citing obstacles including conflict, cost and complacency.
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UN highlights importance of skills development on World Youth Skills Day
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 16:37 pmAt UN Headquarters, and across the globe, events are taking place on Monday to celebrate World Youth Skills Day – marked each year on 15 July – to raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development.
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Over 820 million people suffering from hunger; new UN report reveals stubborn realities of ‘immense’ global challenge
UN News Jul 15, 2019 | 16:10 pmAfter nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has slowly increased over the past three years, with about one in every nine people globally suffering from hunger today, the United Nations said in a[…]
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