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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Decade of conflict triggering ‘slow tsunami’ across Syria, Security Council hears
UN News Jan 20, 2021 | 19:56 pmAfter a decade of conflict, economic collapse compounded by COVID-19, corruption and mismanagement, the UN Syrian envoy told the Security Council on Wednesday that “a slow tsunami” is now “crashing across Syria”.
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UN calls for resumption of Mediterranean rescues, after 43 die in Libya shipwreck
UN News Jan 20, 2021 | 18:43 pmFollowing another deadly shipwreck off the coast of Libya that claimed 43 lives on Monday, the UN migration and refugee agencies have called for countries to re-activate search and rescue operations.
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‘Complex’ emergency unfolding in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, warn UN agencies
UN News Jan 20, 2021 | 15:42 pmUN agencies voiced deep concern on Wednesday over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, where attacks by armed groups have forced more than 565,000 to flee their homes.
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Over 1.9 billion people in Asia-Pacific unable to afford a healthy diet: UN report
UN News Jan 20, 2021 | 12:29 pmThe economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and surging food prices are keeping almost two billion people in Asia and the Pacific from healthy diets, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.
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East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
UN News Jan 19, 2021 | 22:39 pmAction to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain operations against new incursions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
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‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns
UN News Jan 19, 2021 | 18:27 pmTwo months after conflict forced humanitarian workers to withdraw from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Tuesday, stressed the need for “swift action” to restore safe access to “save thousands of lives at risk”.
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Independent panel finds critical early failings in COVID-19 response
UN News Jan 19, 2021 | 18:22 pmThe global system for pandemic alert and response is “not fit for purpose”, highlighting the need for a new framework in the wake of COVID-19, experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an interim report presented on[…]
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Israel: ‘Halt and reverse’ new settlement construction – UN chief
UN News Jan 19, 2021 | 16:50 pmIsrael’s decision to advance plans for some 800 new settlement units, most of which are located deep inside the occupied West Bank, has sparked the concern of UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
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Spectre of unrest, violent repression looming over Haiti, warns UN rights office
UN News Jan 19, 2021 | 15:28 pmIncreasing political tensions in Haiti coupled with insecurity and structural inequalities could result in protests followed by violent crackdowns by authorities, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Tuesday.
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UN agencies supporting mammoth India COVID-19 vaccine rollout
UN News Jan 19, 2021 | 14:34 pmIndia has begun what is the world’s biggest COVID vaccination campaign so far, deploying hundreds of thousands of health workers, with the training and support of the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
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