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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Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID-19 and funding gaps: WFP
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 16:08 pmThe impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
UN News Jun 18, 2021 | 00:32 amAmid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a longstanding and damaging political impasse, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council[…]
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Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
UN News Jun 17, 2021 | 23:56 pmSexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
UN News Jun 17, 2021 | 18:55 pmNew research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide.
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UN chief urges debt relief extension for middle-income countries
UN News Jun 17, 2021 | 18:54 pmInnovative measures to address debt are required to help the world’s more than 100 middle-income countries expand their economies and exit the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Thursday.
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Milestone moment for UN principles on business and human rights, but abuses persist
UN News Jun 16, 2021 | 21:56 pmAlthough more companies are committing to respect human rights, gaps and challenges remain, UN experts said on Wednesday in assessing a decade of standards for business that take the wellbeing of people and the planet into consideration.
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UN chief: Desertification and drought destabilizing well-being of 3.2 billion people
UN News Jun 16, 2021 | 18:13 pmLand degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
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‘Families came first’ for remittances in year of pandemic, says Guterres
UN News Jun 16, 2021 | 18:00 pmMigrants working away from their families made significant sacrifices to send money home last year as they did before COVID, UN chief António Guterres said on Wednesday, warning that now is not the time for countries to withdraw their support to these[…]
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Yemen ‘a tale of missed and then lost opportunities’, outgoing envoy tells Security Council
UN News Jun 15, 2021 | 23:13 pmYemen’s warring sides have been unable to overcome their differences, dashing hopes for peace, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Tuesday in his final briefing to the Security Council in the role.
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Five polio vaccination workers shot dead in Afghanistan; UN condemns ‘brutal’ killings
UN News Jun 15, 2021 | 22:40 pmFive health workers carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province were killed on Tuesday, and four others injured, during a series of attacks condemned by a senior UN official on the ground as brutal and “senseless”.
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