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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UN urges people to #PledgetoPause before sharing information online
UN News Oct 21, 2020 | 00:25 amWith the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a “communications emergency” caused by false information disseminated on social media, the UN Secretary-General is encouraging people everywhere to take a breath before sharing content online.
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New UN gender study: Women ‘far from having an equal voice to men’
UN News Oct 20, 2020 | 22:15 pmThe COVID-19 pandemic is “interrupting efforts” to achieve gender equality and threatening to “reverse hard-won gains” over the past decades, a senior UN official said on Tuesday.
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‘Work in unison’ to promote peace and security in the Persian Gulf region – UN chief
UN News Oct 20, 2020 | 19:18 pmGiven the complex and multifaceted challenges in the Persian Gulf region, the UN chief told the Security Council on Tuesday that it is important to reflect more deeply on how everyone, particularly the Council itself, can “work in unison to[…]
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Safeguard human rights defenders, rights of NGOs in India, Bachelet urges
UN News Oct 20, 2020 | 17:25 pmHighlighting that India has long had a strong civil society at the forefront of “groundbreaking human rights advocacy within the country and globally", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised concerns on Tuesday that “vaguely defined laws are increasingly being used[…]
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Trusted data helps us all ‘understand the changing world’: Guterres
UN News Oct 20, 2020 | 16:41 pmCurrent, reliable and trusted data help us to “understand the changing world” in which we live, the UN chief said on Tuesday in his message for World Statistics Day.
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UN chief appeals for urgent action to reverse ‘downward spiral’ in Central Sahel
UN News Oct 20, 2020 | 15:51 pmThe world must act now to reverse the situation in Africa’s central Sahel region, where humanitarian needs are at “a breaking point”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level conference on Tuesday to address the burgeoning crisis.
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One in six children living in extreme poverty, with figure set to rise during pandemic
UN News Oct 20, 2020 | 14:15 pmAn estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday.
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Burkina Faso ‘one step short of famine’, warns UN food relief agency
UN News Oct 19, 2020 | 21:14 pmUnless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Monday.
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Focus on fundamentals as COVID-19 caseloads rise: WHO
UN News Oct 19, 2020 | 21:09 pmAs COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate, particularly in Europe and North America, the World Health Organization (WHO) is advising governments and people everywhere not to let their guard down, for the benefit of those hospitalized, or working on the front[…]
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COVID-19 vaccine: UNICEF to stockpile more than half a billion syringes by year’s end
UN News Oct 19, 2020 | 16:04 pmWith countries and pharmaceutical companies around the world gearing up to distribute COVID-19 vaccines following trials, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery by buying and pre-positioning syringes and other necessary equipment.
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