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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$31 trillion debt is holding back developing countries, UN trade summit hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 20, 2025 | 14:00 pmHolding the line on the existing rules-based international trading system remains an essential challenge if the world is the keep a damaging tariff war at bay, a top UN trade official said on Monday.
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Women still largely excluded from peace processes
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 20, 2025 | 14:00 pmAround 676 million women lived within 50 kilometres of deadly conflict last year – the highest figure since the 1990s.
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Lives transformed: Stories from 80 years of UN work across the world
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 20, 2025 | 14:00 pmMillions of people worldwide have been positively impacted by the work of the United Nations and some of their stories are being highlighted at an exhibition at the global organization’s New York headquarters.
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World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, Kyrgyzstan death penalty, health crises in DRC, Haiti
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 20, 2025 | 14:00 pmTo Sudan, where the people of government held El Fasher in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped without food, water or medical care, UN aid coordinators, OCHA, said on Monday.
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Gaza: Aid efforts continue as UN teams start clearing up to 60 million tonnes of debris
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 20, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe UN on Monday said it was encouraged by renewed Gaza ceasefire commitments, warning that recent violence risked undermining fragile progress, as recovery efforts – including a large-scale rubble removal project – slowly gain momentum across the war-ravaged enclave.
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What happens when Afghan women and girls go offline?
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 18, 2025 | 14:00 pmNearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and traditionally broadcast radio station which brings education and awareness of rights to women and girls across the province.
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World News in Brief: Airstrikes in Lebanon, hope in CAR, a call to ban lead-based paints
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 17, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe Security Council on Friday welcomed Lebanese Government efforts to exercise full national sovereignty through the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), as the UN warned that peacekeepers are continuing to find unauthorised weapons caches in the south.
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Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 17, 2025 | 14:00 pmTalks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on adopting new global rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from ships ended Friday without agreement, as delegates voted to defer a decision for 12 months amid sharp divisions over the proposed Net-Zero[…]
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Security Council renews Haiti sanctions
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 17, 2025 | 14:00 pmThe UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that renews sanctions in Haiti for another year as armed gangs continue to terrorize the population.
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Central African Republic: ‘3R’ combatants in the northwest lay down their arms
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 17, 2025 | 14:00 pmAs the disarmament team approached, combatants from the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R) armed group stood in two orderly lines expectantly, youthful faces and greying heads alike.
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