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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Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Hope for Myanmar, UN News sits down with new Assembly President, youth speak out on climate crisis
UN News Sep 17, 2019 | 23:28 pmA recap of Tuesday’s top stories: Hope for justice in Myanmar rights violations; First major interview with new Assembly President; Youth activists want a platform in solving climate crisis; Five deaths every minute due to unsafe health care; Number of[…]
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New General Assembly President brings ‘valuable insights’ into key UN challenges
UN News Sep 17, 2019 | 23:24 pmThe new President of the 74th session of the General Assembly brings to his role “years of United Nations experience”, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as Tijjani Muhammad-Bande banged the gavel to open his year in office.
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UN climate summit aims to speed up transition to cleaner, greener future
UN News Sep 17, 2019 | 22:09 pmNew measures to speed up the transition to clean energy and green economies are among the initiatives to be unveiled during the UN Climate Change Summit next week.
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Afghans entitled to live ‘free from fear, intimidation’, says UN chief, condemning suicide attacks
UN News Sep 17, 2019 | 21:18 pmAll Afghans have the right to live “free from fear, intimidation and violence”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Tuesday strongly condemning two suicide attacks, which left dozens dead.
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Number of migrants now growing faster than world population, new UN figures show
UN News Sep 17, 2019 | 19:43 pmThe growing number of international migrants has now reached 272 million, outpacing the growth rate of the world’s population, according to new data from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), released on Tuesday.
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Five avoidable deaths per minute shows urgent need for action on patient safety
UN News Sep 17, 2019 | 17:49 pmWith at least five people dying every minute due to unsafe health care, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging medical professionals, policy makers, caregivers and patients to take urgent action to ensure no one is harmed while receiving treatment.
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One million facing food shortages, nutrition crisis after Mozambique cyclones: UNICEF
UN News Sep 16, 2019 | 23:16 pmSuch was the extent of devastation caused by two back-to-back cyclones in Mozambique earlier this year, nearly one million people, including 160,000 children under five, are still facing food shortages and a nutrition crisis, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said[…]
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Monday’s Daily Brief: Ozone layer heals, 'regional conflagration' risk rises over oilfield attacks, South Sudan update, Myanmar genocide threat remains
UN News Sep 16, 2019 | 23:10 pmA recap of Monday’s top stories: The ozone layer is on track to repair; Instability rises over oilfield attacks in Saudi Arabia; General Assembly chief Espinosa bows out; Disaster and conflict displace thousands in Asia Pacific; Sexual violence unpunished in South[…]
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‘Champion for multilateralism’ readies to hand over UN General Assembly gavel
UN News Sep 16, 2019 | 22:30 pmThrough consultation, collaboration and consensus, the UN chief on Monday described outgoing President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, as “a champion for multilateralism” who had succeeded in making the United Nations “relevant to all”.
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Attack on Saudi facilities risks dragging Yemen into ‘regional conflagration’: UN Envoy
UN News Sep 16, 2019 | 19:47 pmAttacks against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, claimed by rebel fighters in Yemen, are a sign that the war-torn country could be drawn into even greater conflict, the top United Nations official there told the Security Council[…]
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