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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DRC Ebola outbreak: hundreds of suspected cases, no vaccine
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmA fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has health workers rushing to stop transmission while the roll out of any potential vaccine is months away, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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From favelas to informal settlements, new UN report points to housing solutions that work
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmFrom Thailand to Jordan, from Brazil to Germany, new approaches to housing are quietly taking shape. Residents of informal settlements once facing eviction are rebuilding their communities with State support. Refugees and host communities are reclaiming neglected spaces, turning them[…]
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‘I had a good life and I lost it’: How one man survived four years on the streets
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmA missed warning sign. A forged cheque. A passport confiscated in a foreign country. Within months, the life Latyr Thioye had built began to unravel.
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Ukraine war ‘becoming deadlier by the day’, Security Council hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe war in Ukraine, now well into its fifth year, “is becoming deadlier by the day”, a senior UN official warned in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.
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How the Hormuz crisis keeps disrupting kitchens, ports and paychecks
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran may have eased fears of a wider regional war, but persistent instability around the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global trade, drive up energy costs and fuel a growing jobs[…]
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Security Council LIVE: Concerns grow over nuclear safety after UAE drone strike
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle East following reports of a drone strike near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates. IAEA Director General[…]
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World News in Brief: Geopolitical tensions impact global economy, Gaza aid funding shortfall, violence in South Sudan, UN condemns deadly mosque attack
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe global economy is entering a more fragile period as geopolitical conflicts, rising energy costs and financial instability threaten global growth and trade.
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Star-studded refugee football team takes the pitch for UN
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmA symbolic team of famous footballers with first hand experience of life as a refugee was announced on Tuesday by UNHCR, just weeks ahead of the world’s biggest sporting event - the FIFA Men’s World Cup.
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UN underscores protection of nuclear sites following drone strike on Emirati plant
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 18, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe head of the UN atomic watchdog on Monday underscored the need to safeguard nuclear security in wartime, a day after a drone strike near a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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World News in Brief: More attacks in Ukraine, violence against children in Haiti, refugee IDs in Africa
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 18, 2026 | 14:00 pmCivilians, including humanitarians, continue to face great danger across war-torn Ukraine amid ongoing hostilities, according to the UN humanitarian relief coordination office there, OCHA.
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