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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‘Industry 4.0’ tech for post-COVID world, is driving inequality: UNCTAD
UN News Feb 25, 2021 | 15:58 pmDeveloping countries must embrace ground-breaking technologies that have been a critical tool in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, or else face even greater inequalities than before, UN economic development experts at UNCTAD said on Thursday.
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UN agencies begin registering asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
UN News Feb 25, 2021 | 12:17 pmUN agencies have begun preparing individuals and families at the Matamoros informal camp, near the United States-Mexico border, for entry into the US, following the termination of a policy that forced asylum seekers to wait for immigration hearings in Mexico.
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FROM THE FIELD: Millions of Yemenis facing ‘death sentence’
UN News Feb 25, 2021 | 06:30 amYemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and the situation for the millions of affected people is deteriorating, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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Mother of terrorism victim works to ‘turn the page’ on violent extremism
UN News Feb 25, 2021 | 02:30 amA Moroccan-French woman whose son was killed in a terrorist attack nearly a decade ago, has been commended for her powerful activism countering youth radicalization, and her efforts to replace the desolation of loss with ‘a prayer of love’.
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UN independent experts ‘appalled’ by deportation of migrants to Myanmar, in defiance of court order
UN News Feb 24, 2021 | 22:51 pmIndependent UN human rights experts castigated Malaysia on Wednesday over its decision to deport more than1,000 detained migrants back to crisis-ridden Myanmar – despite a court order to suspend their return, pending a judicial review.
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British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw named latest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UN News Feb 24, 2021 | 21:33 pmBritish actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw was on Wednesday appointed a global Goodwill Ambassador with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
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Pandemic recovery presents historic opportunity to ensure human rights for all: Guterres
UN News Feb 24, 2021 | 19:43 pmHuman rights have been battered in the COVID-19 pandemic but recovery represents a chance to improve on the status quo and finally ensure dignity for all, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Wednesday.
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Central African Republic ‘very volatile’, despite important progress – UN peacekeeping chief
UN News Feb 24, 2021 | 19:11 pmDespite a successful presidential election and other noteworthy progress, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to be plagued by violence and volatility, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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Supermodel Natalia Vodianova joins UNFPA to tackle stigma and advance women’s health
UN News Feb 24, 2021 | 17:22 pmThe UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, on Wednesday appointed supermodel, philanthropist, and impact investor Natalia Vodianova as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, in an effort to empower women and girls, including fighting stigma surrounding menstruation.
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Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
UN News Feb 24, 2021 | 16:18 pmSix hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the international partnership to provide equitable innoculations for all.
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