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–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in DevelopingCountries, Particularly in Africa (2001), para. 16
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- (a) At least 60 per cent of those at risk for malaria, particularly pregnant women and children under five years of age, shall benefit from the most suitable combination of personal and community protective measures, such as insecticide- treated bednets and other interventions that are accessible and affordable, to prevent infection and suffering;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
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Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (2004), para. 42
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- 13. Calls upon States to ensure that those at risk of contracting malaria, in particular pregnant women and children under five years of age, benefit from the most suitable combination of personal and community protective measures, such as insecticide treated bed nets and other interventions that are accessible and affordable, in order to prevent infection and suffering;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 07
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- Welcoming the Sustainable Development Goals, including, inter alia, Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, as well as its specific and interlinked targets, such as target 3.8 on achieving universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all, other health- related Goals and targets, and the guiding principle of the 2030 Agenda, to leave no one behind,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 14
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- Welcoming the WHO Road Map for Access to Medicines, Vaccines and other Related Health Products 2019–2023 presented at the seventy-second session of the World Health Assembly, which recognizes that improving access to health products is a multidimensional challenge that requires comprehensive national policies and strategies aligning public health needs with economic and social development objectives, and promoting collaboration with other sectors, partners and stakeholders,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 20
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- Recognizing that universal health coverage implies that all people have access without discrimination to nationally determined sets of needed promotive, preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative essential health-care services, and essential, safe, affordable, effective and quality medicines and vaccines, while ensuring that the use of these services does not expose users to financial hardship, with special emphasis on the poor, vulnerable and marginalized segments of the population,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 35
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- 4. Also calls upon States to take steps to implement policies and plans to promote access to comprehensive and cost-effective prevention, treatment and care for the integrated management of non-communicable diseases, including, inter alia, increased access to affordable, safe, effective and quality medicines, vaccines and diagnostics and other health products, including through the full use of TRIPS Agreement provisions and flexibilities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 43
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- 12. Invites the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, while considering the many ways towards the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to continue to focus on the human rights dimension of access to medicines and vaccines when discharging his or her duties, in accordance with the mandate;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals, families and societies affected by autism spectrum disorders, developmental disorders and associated disabilities (2013), para. 25
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- (c) Enhancing inclusive educational programmes suited to infants, children (d) Emphasizing the unique needs of each person with autism across a spectrum of different characteristics and experiences;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 08
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- Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council calling upon States to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, the most recent being Assembly resolution 66/141 of 19 December 2011 and Council resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 10
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- Recognizing also the importance of birth registration, including late birth registration, for the development of vital statistics and the effective implementation of programmes and policies intended to achieve internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 13
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- 2. Reminds States of their obligation to register births without discrimination of any kind and irrespective of the status of his or her parents;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 16
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- 5. Further calls upon States to ensure free birth registration, including free or low-fee late birth registration, by means of universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective registration procedures, without discrimination of any kind;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 18
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- 7. Urges States to identify and remove physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers that impede access to birth registration, including late registration, paying due attention to, among others, those barriers relating to poverty, disability, gender, nationality, displacement, illiteracy and detention contexts, and to persons in vulnerable situations;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Persons on the move
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 20
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- 9. Invites the above-mentioned United Nations bodies, agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate with States in providing technical assistance, upon request, and calls upon them to ensure that persons with no birth registration are not discriminated against in any of their programmes;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 06
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- Welcoming the commitment of States to leave no one behind, and recalling that the provision of legal identity for all, including birth registration, is included as the standalone target 16.9 in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development under Sustainable Development Goal 16,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 09
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- Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council in which they call upon States to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, and without discrimination of any kind, the most recent being Assembly resolution 71/177 of 19 December 2016 and Council resolution 28/13 of 23 March 2015,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 21
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- 8. Calls upon States to protect personal information obtained through birth registration or other civil registration processes that may be used to discriminate against an individual;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 22
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- 9. Also calls upon States to ensure free birth registration, including free or low- fee late birth registration, by means of universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective registration procedures, without discrimination of any kind;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 25
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- 12. Urges States to identify and remove physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers that impede access to birth registration, including late registration, paying due attention to, among others, those barriers relating to poverty, disability, gender, age, adoption processes, nationality, statelessness, displacement, illiteracy and detention contexts, and to persons in vulnerable situations;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Persons on the move
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 29
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- 16. Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate with States in providing technical assistance, upon request, and calls upon them to ensure that persons with no birth registration are not discriminated against in any of their programmes;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 30
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- 17. Recognizes the importance of international cooperation in supporting national efforts to ensure universal birth registration, including the exchange of good practices and technical assistance;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Child, early and forced marriage (2017), para. 22
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- 3. Further calls upon States to strengthen their efforts to ensure the timely registration of births and marriages, especially for individuals living in rural and remote areas, including by identifying and removing all physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers that impede access to registration and by providing, where lacking, mechanisms for the registration of customary and religious marriages;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 28
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- Recognizing that the registration of births, marriages, divorces and deaths is part of a comprehensive civil registration system that facilitates the development of vital statistics and the effective planning and implementation of programmes and policies intended to promote better governance and to achieve sustainable development, and that the absence of compulsory registration of customary and religious marriages is a major impediment to the implementation of existing legislation and other initiatives to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 33
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- 5. Calls upon States to ensure the timely registration of births and marriages, including by identifying and removing all physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers that impede access to registration, especially for individuals living in rural and remote areas, and by providing, where lacking, mechanisms for the registration of customary and religious marriages;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 087
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- 63. We recognize the regional efforts being made to advance the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. In this regard, we welcome the convening of the fifteenth ordinary session of the Summit of the African Union in Kampala from 19 to 27 July 2010, with the theme “Maternal, infant and child health and development in Africa”, the launch of the African Union Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa; the slogan “Africa cares: no woman should die while giving life”; the Special Ministerial Meeting to Review the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: run-up to 2015, held in Jakarta on 3 and 4 August 2010; the report of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on progress in Latin America and the Caribbean towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals; and similar reports produced by other regional commissions, all of which will contribute positively to the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, as well as to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 160
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- (q) Welcoming also the various national, regional and international initiatives on all the Millennium Development Goals, including those undertaken bilaterally and through South-South cooperation, in support of national plans and strategies in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, energy, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition as a way to reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 173
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- (b) Addressing reproductive, maternal and child health, including newborn health, in a comprehensive manner, inter alia, through the provision of family planning, prenatal care, skilled attendance at birth, emergency obstetric and newborn care and methods for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and infections, such as HIV, within strengthened health systems that provide accessible and affordable integrated health-care services and include community-based preventive and clinical care;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (2020), para. 29
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- (e) Ensuring that birth registration, civil registration and national identification documents are provided without discrimination on any ground, in particular race, ethnicity, religion and language, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 5 especially the target aimed at providing a legal identity for all;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Enhancing capacity-building in global public health (2005), para. 15
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- Recognizing the need for greater international and regional cooperation to meet new and existing challenges to public health, in particular in promoting effective measures such as safe, affordable and accessible vaccines, as well as assisting developing countries in securing vaccines against preventable infectious diseases and supporting the development of new vaccines,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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Enhancing capacity-building in global public health (2006), para. 12
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- Recognizing also the need for greater international and regional cooperation to meet new and existing challenges to public health, in particular in promoting effective measures such as safe, affordable and accessible vaccines, as well as assisting developing countries in securing vaccines against preventable infectious diseases and supporting the development of new vaccines,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
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