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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UN honours blue helmets and calls for renewed investment in peace
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 29, 2026 | 14:00 pmPeacekeepers are serving in a dangerous era of mounting global tensions and tight resources. UN chief António Guterres is now calling for greater political backing and reliable financial support for ‘blue helmets’ who put themselves in harm’s way.
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UN80 Initiative: ‘Critical new phase’ for UN reform effort
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 28, 2026 | 14:00 pmUN chief António Guterres has outlined further progress in the wide-ranging UN80 Initiative, a major reform and restructuring project aimed at making the global body more effective, agile and better equipped to respond to global challenges.
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WHO chief calls for ceasefire amid DR Congo Ebola outbreak
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 28, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) headed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday as the country continues to combat a deadly resurgence of Ebola in its volatile eastern region where instability is rife.
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Global temperatures set to stay near record levels: UN weather agency
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 28, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe world is heading into another period of dangerous heat, a new UN report warns on Thursday, and it’s nearly certain global temperatures over the next five years will stay “at or near record levels” as climate change accelerates across[…]
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Security Council LIVE: Mounting attacks and Russian threats prompt emergency Ukraine meeting
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 28, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session on Ukraine, with Secretary-General António Guterres telling ambassadors following what Kyiv describes as the most devastating attack on its capital to date, that “the time for peace is now.” In the early[…]
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World News in Brief: Lebanon violence continues, Israel ‘severs ties’ with UN chief, Internal displacement in Haiti, warning to France over prison overcrowding
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 28, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe UN has expressed deep concern over escalating hostilities in Lebanon following intensified Israeli airstrikes in southern Beirut and across southern parts of the country.
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UN warns Ukraine war risks spiralling ‘out of control’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 28, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe United Nations on Thursday warned of a dangerous escalation in the war in Ukraine after a wave of large-scale Russian strikes and threats of further attacks, with Secretary-General António Guterres saying “the death spiral must stop.”
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo collides with conflict and hunger, WHO warns
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 27, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak outpaces containment efforts in a region already battered by armed violence,[…]
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Middle East update: Airstrikes and evacuation orders in Lebanon, aid restrictions in Gaza
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 26, 2026 | 14:00 pmIntensified Israeli airstrikes overnight in Lebanon forced people to again flee their homes, while humanitarians in the Gaza Strip report continued restrictions in bringing aid into the enclave, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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World News in Brief: Sudan and Haiti updates, Afghan women’s rights
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 26, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe United Nations is raising alarm over continued drone attacks in Sudan’s Darfur region after multiple strikes reportedly killed civilians and intensified fears for communities already trapped by the brutal conflict between rival militaries.
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