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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Building trust and lab testing at the heart of DRC Ebola response: WHO
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 9, 2026 | 14:00 pmIn Ebola-stricken eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a massive push for early testing and contact tracing is helping to contain the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Security Council LIVE: Central Africa in the spotlight, including outlawed Lord's Resistance Army
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 9, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe Security Council meets this morning to discuss the situation in Central Africa, including efforts to combat the so-called Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), one of the region’s longest-running security threats, responsible for over 100,000 deaths, the UN estimates. Ambassadors have[…]
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Palestinians face systematic abuse by Israeli settlers and Hamas alike: Independent investigators
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 9, 2026 | 14:00 pmPalestinian civilians are trapped between escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank and fear-based Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip, investigators appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Tuesday in a new report.
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Marking historic progress on rights for persons with disabilities, UN conference tackles critical gaps
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 9, 2026 | 14:00 pmHistorical gains have been hard-won, but much more needs to be done to advance progress in realising promises made two decades ago, said the UN chief at the opening on Tuesday of the 19th global meeting on the rights of[…]
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Deadly quake strikes Philippines on first day of school year
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 8, 2026 | 14:00 pmA powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday morning just as millions of children were returning to school after the summer break.
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More than half of staff who died in service worked in Gaza, UN chief says at memorial
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 8, 2026 | 14:00 pmFrom peacekeepers to math teachers, 136 UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2025 were commemorated on Monday morning in an annual service hosted by the Secretary-General.
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Countries urged to ‘go further, faster’ and deliver on climate commitments
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 8, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe United Nations climate chief called on Monday for countries to step up action to implement existing commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependency is deepening economic instability and exposing vulnerable communities to worsening climate impacts.
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Security Council LIVE: UN officials warn humanitarian toll in Ukraine is worsening
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 8, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe Security Council met on Monday amid a sharp escalation in hostilities across Ukraine, where UN officials warned that the war has reached its deadliest point since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Briefing members, Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for political affairs,[…]
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Afghanistan faces ‘lost generation of talent and potential,’ Security Council hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 8, 2026 | 14:00 pmAs the Security Council met on Afghanistan, senior officials and civil society representatives delivered a clear warning Monday: despite relative security under the Taliban, worsening humanitarian conditions, restrictions on women and growing economic pressures are creating a fragile and uncertain[…]
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‘Rare, untreatable strain’: Ebola toll mounts in eastern DR Congo
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 8, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe top UN aid official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in Ituri province – the epicentre of the country's Ebola outbreak – for a three-day assessment visit, as the confirmed case count reaches 515 across three[…]
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