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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Food waste: a global problem that undermines healthy diets
UN News Sep 28, 2021 | 17:29 pmA lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world, the UN said on Tuesday, in an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that’s wasted.
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Guterres calls for accelerated action on jobs, poverty eradication
UN News Sep 28, 2021 | 15:51 pmAlmost two years into the COVID-19 crisis, a huge divergence in the recovery is undermining global trust and solidarity, according to a new policy brief on jobs and poverty eradication, outlined by UN chief, António Guterres on Tuesday.
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New global meningitis strategy aims to save 200,000 lives a year
UN News Sep 28, 2021 | 15:25 pmMore than 200,000 lives could be saved annually if the goals of a new global strategy to defeat meningitis are achieved, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Multilateralism is alive and well: Assembly President wraps up annual debate promising ‘active and inclusive’ 76th session
UN News Sep 28, 2021 | 02:48 amAmidst the global COVID-19 crisis, the President of the General Assembly closed the UN High-Level session on Monday, crediting “sound mitigation measures” and high vaccination rates for its success.
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DPRK says it will ‘respond willingly’ if US abandons ‘hostile policy’
UN News Sep 28, 2021 | 02:14 amThe Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations, Kim Song, said that if the United States “shows its bold decision to give up its hostile policy”, his country is “prepared to respond willingly at any time.”
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Niger: Climate change is another pandemic with devastating effects
UN News Sep 27, 2021 | 23:46 pmApart from disastrous economic consequences, the COVID-19 pandemic has also amplified the climate and security crisis in the Sahel, said Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs during the country’s turn to speak at the UN General Assembly.
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France focuses on responsibility and solidarity in the face of global challenges
UN News Sep 27, 2021 | 23:26 pmIn his address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upheld multilateralism as the key to overcoming global challenges including conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
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Syria committed to ‘combating and eradicating terrorism’, General Assembly hears
UN News Sep 27, 2021 | 21:17 pmIn his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Fayssal Mekdad, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria, reaffirmed his country’s commitment to combat terrorism and aim to ‘restore security and stability’.
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Yemen: Endless suffering of children continues due to war, aid crisis
UN News Sep 27, 2021 | 20:58 pmThe Yemen conflict killed or maimed 2,600 children as hostilities intensified in 2019 and 2020; that’s according to a new report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed conflict in the country.
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Yemen asks international community to exert pressure on Houthi coup leaders and their sponsors to ‘end bloodshed’
UN News Sep 27, 2021 | 19:26 pmThe war in Yemen has caused a human catastrophe, torn society apart, and triggered “waves of mass displacement, repression and enforced disappearance”, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, the final day of the UN General Assembly’s annual[…]
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