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 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmUN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the climate crisis.
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UN's Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmUN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned serious sexual violations allegedly carried out by Hamas militants during their terror attacks in southern Israel on 7 October, while humanitarians in Gaza said conditions for civilians there had hit “rock[…]
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Opera, glass blowing, poncho weaving and more: UNESCO celebrates world’s cultural heritage
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmThe UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Botswana this week to add new entries to the UN culture agency’s list of world treasures, some of which must be “urgently” safeguarded.
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Guterres urges Security Council to act over Israel-Palestine crisis as threat to international peace and security
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmInvoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for a full humanitarian ceasefire between Israel[…]
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Ukraine: Lasting toll of war, ‘beyond measure’, Security Council hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmIf urgent steps are not taken to end the ongoing war and its dire humanitarian consequences in Ukraine, 2024 may be even more unpredictable and destructive, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmAuthorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.
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Guterres urges greater support for UN emergency relief fund
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmSecretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the UN’s core humanitarian response fund to deploy quick and strategic resources to global crises globally.
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New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmHundreds of teenagers from New York schools on Wednesday descended on UN Headquarters to discuss mental health, education, homelessness and systematic racism, as part of the build up to this weekend’s 75th anniversary of Human Rights Day.
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Countries uphold commitment to UN Peacekeeping at 2023 Ministerial in Ghana
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 6, 2023 | 13:00 pmMore than 90 countries underlined their commitment to UN Peacekeeping during a two-day conference in Accra, Ghana, that concluded on Wednesday.
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UNICEF: 1 in 5 children in world’s richest countries living in poverty
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Dec 5, 2023 | 13:00 pmA sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Children's Fund's global research centre, Innocenti.
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