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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Hope for ‘long-elusive progress’ in negotiating peace in eastern Ukraine
UN News Feb 19, 2020 | 00:27 amMarking the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Minsk II agreement, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, that along with the Minsk Protocol and the Minsk memorandum, it remains “the only agreed framework” for a negotiated, peaceful[…]
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UN rights experts ‘gravely’ concerned at spike in civilian casualties in north-west Myanmar following internet shutdown
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 23:41 pmIndependent UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced grave concern over the killing and displacement of civilians in north-west Myanmar during the intensifying conflict between the military and an armed group, the Arakan Army, amid an information blackout in some parts of Rakhine and[…]
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Polio eradication a UN priority, says Guterres in Pakistan visit
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 23:32 pmIn one of the last bastions of polio on the planet, millions of children are being given a fighting chance against the paralyzing and potentially fatal disease.
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As Libya talks resume in Geneva, UN negotiator seeks to overcome sticking points
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 22:53 pmTalks to end fighting in Libya have resumed in Geneva, where UN negotiator Ghassan Salamé said that ongoing clashes must end for there to be a chance for progress.
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‘Working night and day’, UN health agency seeks to prevent global coronavirus crisis
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 22:18 pmAs COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, continues to spread, the head of the United Nations health agency said that there is still a chance to prevent a broader global crisis.
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Pakistan-India crossing is a ‘Corridor of Hope’, UN chief says, wraps up visit with call for interfaith dialogue
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 21:42 pmUN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said he had been moved by the show of religious unity he had witnessed in Pakistan after paying visits to a mosque, a Sikh temple and Kartarpur Corridor, the visa-free crossing which allows Sikhs to[…]
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Yemen: Recent uptick in fighting contradicts desire for peace
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 20:29 pmA recent escalation in fighting between warring parties in Yemen contradicts their stated desire to peacefully end nearly five years of conflict, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.
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Guterres ‘deeply concerned’ over deadly assault in north-west Cameroon
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 19:13 pmThe United Nations Secretary-General has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon.
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UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria’s war-battered north-west
UN News Feb 18, 2020 | 18:08 pmAlarmed by the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation in north-west Syria and the tragic suffering of civilians, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing fight that has displaced more than 900.000 civilians since early December.
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Iraq: Education access still a challenge in former ISIL-controlled areas
UN News Feb 17, 2020 | 23:28 pmMore than two years after the defeat of ISIL in Iraq, some children in areas formerly controlled by the terrorist group still cannot access school or get the necessary documentation required for enrollment, a UN report published on Monday finds.
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