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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Gaza: UN relief chief welcomes growing support for aid teams to resume vital work
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmAmid reports of yet another deadly attack on a school in Gaza on Wednesday, the UN’s top aid official Tom Fletcher welcomed growing international calls for lifesaving aid work by established agencies to resume in the war-torn enclave.
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‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmDozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human rights chief Volker Türk.
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United States, Ukraine among new members elected to UN Economic and Social Council
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe General Assembly on Wednesday elected a new slate of members to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the principal body responsible for coordinating the Organization’s work on sustainable development and economic issues.
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World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on plastic pollution crisis
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmEvery year, 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide, according to the UN. Half of this plastic is designed to be used only once, and only 10 per cent is recycled.
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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: US vetoes new resolution calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire, unconditional release of hostages
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe United States has vetoed a new draft resolution on Gaza, standing as the lone vote against the text which called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages held by Hamas and others and the[…]
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US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmA draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of[…]
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Top UN advocate sounds alarm over sexual violence crisis in gang-ravaged Haiti
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 4, 2025 | 14:00 pmHaiti has been gripped by spiralling gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The subsequent unrest has displaced one million people, more than half of them children, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 3, 2025 | 14:00 pmAn aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked on Monday night, killing five humanitarian workers, injuring many more and damaging critical humanitarian supplies.
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World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate action
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 3, 2025 | 14:00 pmNearly 16 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian health support, the UN warned on Tuesday, as aid deliveries continue amid escalating needs, deadly explosive hazards and a severe funding shortfall.
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Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 3, 2025 | 14:00 pmAs the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haiti’s humanitarian situation.
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