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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Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmSecretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging ‘maximum restraint’ from Member States. The head of the UN-backed atomic watchdog also highlighted the risk of a wider conflict.
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DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmAs diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and[…]
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UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmShips in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by[…]
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Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmUN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.
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World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmEscalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
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Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisis
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmPrisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls for urgent reform.
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Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmIsrael’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday.
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Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 13, 2025 | 14:00 pmHow can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
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World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmWith over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, the UN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once again sounded the alarm about the crisis unfolding in Sudan on Thursday.
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UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmMeeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
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