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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Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syria
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmTens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during 14 years of civil war. Now, some families are able to live in hope as the Middle Eastern country emerges from the traumatic period[…]
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Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmBehind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away from the historic port of Nice, more than 40 ministers gathered on Tuesday to tackle one of the planet’s fastest-growing environmental threats: plastic pollution.
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‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears end
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmWith one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third UN Ocean Conference, delegates in Nice are preparing for the adoption of the summit’s eagerly anticipated political declaration. Small island developing States, facing the direct effects of climate change and[…]
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Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmTwo counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned after a new update was released on Thursday from the UN-partnered food security classification system, the IPC.
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Yemen at breaking point as UN envoy urges action to end suffering
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmYemen cannot endure more years of division, economic collapse and human suffering, the UN’s top official on the crisis told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that “time is not on our side.”
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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on board
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 12, 2025 | 14:00 pmA London-bound Air India jet carrying 242 people crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, reportedly killing more than 200 on board, with dozens still unaccounted for.
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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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