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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Can renewable energy survive climate change?
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 26, 2025 | 13:00 pmAs droughts reduce hydropower and clouds dim solar output around the world, experts say meteorology and climate science must be at the heart of the energy transition.
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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and interventions, the head of[…]
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Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmIn Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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Aid operations stretched to the limit in Burundi by ongoing DR Congo crisis
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmWith thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Remembrance for its victims.
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‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmUN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim new chapter in Syria’s fragile transition to a lasting peace.
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Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and 20 injured.
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World News in Brief: Alarm over Türkiye detentions, Ukraine update, Sudan-Chad border emergency
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed major concern on Tuesday following the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been charged with corruption and removed[…]
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Migrant deaths in Asia hit record high in 2024, UN data reveals
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 25, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region’s perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 24, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the enclave.
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