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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As global crises deepen, leaders in Doha urge shift from promises to action
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmAs global challenges deepen, governments, civil society and international partners convened in Doha on Monday to highlight concrete solutions to advance social development and confront some of today’s most urgent crises – from widening hunger and poverty to growing inequality[…]
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UN agencies on hand as deadly new quake hits northern Afghanistan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmUN teams rushed to northern Afghanistan on Monday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck overnight, just two months after a massive quake devastated the east of the country. Details are still emerging from the latest emergency where initial reports[…]
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FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmRoughly 1.7 billion people are living in areas where crop yields are failing due to human-induced land degradation – “a pervasive and silent crisis that is undermining agricultural productivity and threatening ecosystem health worldwide.”
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Fresh push to fight toxic mercury pollution underway
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmRepresentatives from countries around the world are working together to reduce mercury pollution and protect people and the planet, at a major international meeting which got underway on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Famine tightens grip on Sudan, with civilians trapped and aid blocked
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmSudan’s hunger crisis has deepened further, with new UN-backed analysis confirming that famine is underway in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting and sieges have cut off entire communities from food and aid.
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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmA new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are.
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Gaza: Food access improves in the south but food convoys fail to reach north directly
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmIn its latest update from Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that access to food improved in early October, especially in southern governorates.
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In a quiet community on Doha’s edge, Gaza’s wounded and orphaned learn to heal
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmIn the late afternoon light, about 20 kilometres from Doha, the Al-Thumama complex looks like any quiet residential neighbourhood: paved pathways, rows of apartment blocks, the hum of air-conditioning carrying through the warm desert air.
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World News in Brief: Self-sufficiency call for healthcare funding, Australia treaty with Indigenous Peoples, Haiti women at risk
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmThe UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidance on Monday to help poorer nations cope with severe global funding cuts for essential medical services worldwide.
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Nearly 6 million people in the Caribbean impacted by Hurricane Melissa
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Nov 3, 2025 | 13:00 pmSome six million people have been affected by the category five hurricane which swept across the Caribbean last week, prompting UN agencies to scale up relief operations to safeguard livelihoods and reduce further losses.
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