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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UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 29, 2024 | 13:00 pmTop UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if implemented, the Israeli parliament’s decision to ban it would only deepen suffering in Gaza.
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Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmNew data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change,[…]
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Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation ‘only getting worse’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmAfter a weekend of continuing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip and especially the north, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that the already dire aid situation “is only getting worse”.
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Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmWe will be following the latest breaking news over the day, including from UN staff on the ground, dispatches from Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region, and the Israeli Knesset's vote to outlaw the work of UN Palestine refugee agency[…]
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Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmUN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to[…]
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UN official urges more ambitious, credible climate action plans
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmProposed actions by countries to mitigate the worsening impacts of climate change “fall miles short of what is needed,” according to a major UN report has revealed on Monday.
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France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmIndependent human rights experts on Monday called on France to reverse bans that prevent Muslim women and girls who wear the hijab from participating in sports, citing concerns that these restrictions are discriminatory and violate international human rights obligations.
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Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmMonday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a dangerous precedent, the head of the Agency, Philippe Lazzarini has warned.[…]
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UN chief ‘shocked’ at harrowing death and destruction in north Gaza
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 27, 2024 | 13:00 pmUN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed shock at the “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in north Gaza amid an ongoing intense Israeli military operation, his Spokesperson said on Sunday.
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Sudan: UN official decries attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah state
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 26, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe top UN humanitarian official in Sudan has raised alarm over a sharp escalation of violence in a region near the capital, Khartoum, where recent attacks reportedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed more than 120[…]
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