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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First Person: ‘people with disabilities are the greatest untapped resource on the planet’
UN News Nov 29, 2020 | 06:30 amWorldwide, persons with disabilities experience higher levels of unemployment and economic inactivity than non-disabled persons. Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Mike Hess, US-based entrepreneur and founder of the Blind Institute of Technology, spoke to UN News as part of[…]
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Renew commitment to Palestinian people, UN chief urges, marking International Day
UN News Nov 29, 2020 | 05:57 amCommemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to explore every opening to “restore hope” for a two-State solution.
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COVID-19: Testing still vital even as vaccines roll out
UN News Nov 27, 2020 | 22:23 pmTesting will still be a critical tool against COVID-19, even as vaccines are deployed against the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday during his regular briefing on the crisis.
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UN Committee urges end to impunity for enforced disappearances in Iraq
UN News Nov 27, 2020 | 18:50 pmA pattern of enforced disappearance – and impunity for such acts - persists in Iraq, according to a report published on Friday by the UN Committee charged with monitoring how well the country upholds its international obligations in dealing with the issue.
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Rising hunger in drought-stricken southern Madagascar forcing families to eat insects: WFP
UN News Nov 27, 2020 | 17:45 pmHunger is on the rise in southern Madagascar due to consecutive years of drought, affecting half the region’s population, or 1.5 million people, and forcing most families to eat insects, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Friday.
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First of four UN humanitarian airlifts for Ethiopia refugees lands in Khartoum
UN News Nov 27, 2020 | 16:36 pmAn airplane loaded with humanitarian supplies for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the UN refugee agency (UNCHR) said on Friday, in an appeal for international assistance to cope with the growing numbers seeking[…]
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UN rights experts condemn retaliatory arrests of activists in Egypt
UN News Nov 27, 2020 | 12:27 pmA group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Egyptian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release activists arrested, apparently in retaliation, for discussing human rights issues with foreign ambassadors.
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African nations ‘far from ready’ for COVID-19 vaccination drive, says UN health agency
UN News Nov 27, 2020 | 11:17 amAs efforts to find safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19 are showing increasing promise, the African continent is “far from ready” to roll out what will be its largest ever immunization drive, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS
UN News Nov 26, 2020 | 16:38 pmCountries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday.
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Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’, urges UN agriculture agency chief
UN News Nov 26, 2020 | 15:05 pmMore than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched on Wednesday.
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