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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Huge increase in transnational crime and synthetic drugs in SE Asia requires cross-border cooperation
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmThe trafficking in illegal narcotics, precursor chemicals, timber and wildlife, people and illicit goods across Southeast Asia is being tackled thanks to the support of the specialized UN agency focusing on drugs and crime.
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Time running out to save Myanmar’s Rakhine from hunger and disease post-Cyclone Mocha
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmMore than two weeks after deadly Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar, aid access is uncertain, disease is spreading, and a major food crisis remains a very real threat, the UN said on Friday.
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US state abortion bans ‘putting millions of women and girls at risk’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmMillions of women and girls across the United States have suffered an alarming deterioration in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, following the US Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, UN-appointed independent rights experts said[…]
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Sudan: Crisis fuels ‘desperate’ situation for civilians, as Security Council demands unhindered humanitarian access
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmAs the crisis in Sudan enters its second month, UN agencies and partners warned on Friday that the conflict between rival military groups since mid-April is fuelling an increasingly “desperate” situation for civilians, especially in the nation’s capital.
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UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmThe United Nations on Friday appealed for sustainable funding for its agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is on the brink of financial collapse.
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Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights experts
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmArtificial intelligence (AI)-powered spyware and disinformation is on the rise, and regulation of the space has become urgent, according to UN-appointed independent rights experts.
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Korean Peninsula: Security Council must find unity to calm rising tensions
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 2, 2023 | 14:00 pmThe “lack of unity and action” in the Security Council “does little to slow the negative trajectory on the Korean Peninsula”, Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said on Friday, following Pyongyang’s failed military satellite launch earlier this[…]
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UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 1, 2023 | 14:00 pmThe UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.
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UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 1, 2023 | 14:00 pmAs the world comes together to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month on Thursday, the UN agency dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, issued a declaration of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) communities around[…]
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‘Toxic tidal wave’ of plastic pollution putting human rights at risk
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 1, 2023 | 14:00 pmThe world must combat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, two UN independent experts said on Thursday.
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