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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A race for rights: How sport is helping protect girls in Uganda
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 25, 2026 | 14:00 pmOn a red running track in eastern Uganda, coach Zuena Cheptoek is doing more than training runners. For many girls in the Sebei subregion, she is also a confidante, a mentor and first line of protection against female genital mutilation,[…]
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Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 conflict-hit countries
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 24, 2026 | 14:00 pmA growing share of global hunger is becoming entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit countries, with two-thirds of people facing acute food insecurity concentrated in just 10 nations, a major international report backed by UN agencies warns.
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 24 April: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended as humanitarian concerns persist
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 24, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe United States has announced that the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire will be extended by three weeks following talks in Washington, offering a potential pause in hostilities. Meanwhile, humanitarian concerns are growing over shortages in Iran and Gaza, while another UN peacekeeper[…]
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As Gaza misery continues, shortages in Iran begin to bite
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 24, 2026 | 14:00 pmDesperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that they’ve “barely scratched the surface” in assessing the level of contamination of[…]
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For every generation, vaccines work and they have saved over 150 million lives: WHO
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 24, 2026 | 14:00 pmOver the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives, as ordinary people chose to protect themselves, their children and their communities from diseases like measles, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, and rotavirus.
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World News in Brief: Airliner safety warning, drought in Somalia, solar boosts farming in Ethiopia
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 24, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe head of the UN’s civil aviation agency, ICAO, has called for immediate global action to protect commercial flights from escalating military threats, including missiles, drones, and GPS signal jamming.
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Rising nuclear risks put global security pact to the test at UN Headquarters
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 24, 2026 | 14:00 pmAt a moment of mounting nuclear danger and deepening global mistrust, governments from nearly every country will convene at the United Nations next week to confront a central question: will the world’s main barrier against the spread of nuclear weapons[…]
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WHO says billions saw health gains in 2025 despite funding cuts
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 23, 2026 | 14:00 pmDespite significant funding cuts, the World Health Organization (WHO) was able to support significant national health gains for hundreds of millions of people in 2025, according to its annual Results Report released on Thursday.
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UN rights chief urges action to end impunity and address disappearances in Mexico
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 23, 2026 | 14:00 pmMexican authorities must intensify efforts to end impunity, protect journalists and human rights defenders, and address the country’s “painful” crisis of disappearances, UN human rights chief Volker Türk has said.
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World News in Brief: Civilians at risk in Gaza and West Bank, Duterte to go on trial in ICC, Yemen detainees update
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 23, 2026 | 14:00 pmContinued strikes, shelling and gunfire in residential areas of Gaza are raising alarm over civilian safety, the UN relief coordination office OCHA has warned.
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