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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Key COP 26 climate summit postponed to ‘safeguard lives’
UN News Apr 2, 2020 | 17:36 pmWith no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021.
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FROM THE FIELD: Sunny days power a better life for displaced Nigerians
UN News Apr 2, 2020 | 16:36 pmWater boreholes powered by solar energy are helping to improve life for Nigerians displaced by conflict, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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‘Working round the clock’ to aid Venezuelan refugees and migrants during COVID-19 pandemic: UN agencies
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 23:05 pmTwo United Nations agencies came together Tuesday to urge the international community not to overlook the on-going plight of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world.
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COVID-19: International community must step up to prevent pandemic from devastating vulnerable on the run
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 22:59 pmGiven how quickly the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading, an outbreak is “looking imminent” in the world’s refugee camps, crowded reception centres or detention facilities where migrant families are sheltering, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on[…]
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WHO concerned over rapid escalation in COVID-19 spread as caseload approaches one million
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 22:48 pmDeaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global caseload is heading towards one million, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday.
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COVID-19: Czech Roma community faces up to mask challenge
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 21:10 pmWhen face masks stocks began running low in the Czech Republic, minority communities, including the country’s Roma population, were quick to respond, rallying to make fresh supplies, with the aim of slowing the spread of COVID-19.
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Protecting the Caribbean’s most vulnerable people in the face of COVID-19: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 20:46 pmThe United Nations is working closely with governments in the Caribbean to protect the region’s most vulnerable people from the impact of the deadly coronavirus, COVID-19. For this latest in our occasional series, Didier Trebucq, United Nations Resident Coordinator to[…]
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Low-skilled workers, developing countries at risk of steep economic decline as coronavirus advances
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 20:31 pmThe global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may contract even further if restrictions on economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses, according to analysis released today by[…]
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Nigeria: UN and partners acting to avert coronavirus spread in displacement camps
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 19:20 pmThe UN system in Nigeria and its partners are working to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus disease in some of the most vulnerable areas in the country: communities and camps housing millions of internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted[…]
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Coronavirus pandemic threatens to plunge millions in Arab region into poverty and food insecurity
UN News Apr 1, 2020 | 19:12 pmCOVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued on Wednesday by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
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