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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 5
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- Acknowledging the largest generation of adolescents and youth ever in history and cognizant that different demographic trends and age structures directly impact their lives and have various impacts on development, depending on circumstances in each country, and on the size of investments required to ensure the health and development of current and future generations, and recognizing the evolving capacities, needs, contributions and challenges of adolescents and youth, and that classifications and definitions of age groups vary in accordance with each country's national legislation,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 7
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- Recognizing also that the full implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation, including those related to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, which would also contribute to the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as those on population and development, education and gender equality, is integrally linked to global efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development, and that population dynamics are all-important for development,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 12
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- Noting with concern that for millions of people throughout the world, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, still remains a distant goal and that in many cases, especially for children, youth and people living in poverty, the likelihood of achieving this goal is becoming increasingly remote,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 15
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- Recognizing that reproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus documents and rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health, the right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents, and the right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 16
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- Recognizing also that young people between 15 and 24 years of age account for more than 40 per cent of all new HIV infections among those aged 15 years or over because of the social and economic factors and other inequities that increase their vulnerability, including stigma and discrimination, gender-based and sexual violence, gender inequality and violations and lack of accurate information on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and ready access to sexual and reproductive health, including HIV services,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 17
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- Deeply concerned that young women living with HIV would like to space or limit pregnancy but are not using an effective modern method of contraception owing to limited access to voluntary family planning services and that addressing reproductive health and HIV together would better serve the needs of clients and health-care providers in a more comprehensive, cost-effective and efficient manner,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
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- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Women
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 22
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- Recognizing also that malaria-related ill health and deaths throughout the world, particularly among children, adolescents and youth, can be substantially reduced with political commitment and commensurate resources if the public is educated and sensitized about malaria and appropriate health services are made available, particularly in countries where the disease is endemic,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
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- 2012
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