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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 11
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- Recalling that health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 14
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- Recognizing that the ultimate goal is the improvement of the quality of life of present and future generations, that the objective is to facilitate the demographic transition, as soon as possible, in countries where there is an imbalance between demographic rates and social, economic and environmental goals, while fully respecting human rights, and that this process will contribute to the stabilization of the world population and, together with changes in unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, to sustainable development and economic growth,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 25
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- Noting the increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases including, inter alia, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer and diabetes, in all countries and the developmental challenges posed by it, and recognizing the importance of reducing the prevalence of major risk factors for non communicable diseases including, inter alia, tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol where its consumption is not against the law, abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances including amphetamine-type stimulants, unhealthy diets, obesity and lack of physical activity, as identified in the 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases of the World Health Organization,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 7
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- Welcoming also the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, adopted at the high-level segment of the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, held in Vienna from 11 to 20 March 2009,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 22
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- Recognizing further that the emergence of non-communicable diseases is imposing a heavy burden on society, one with serious social and economic consequences, and that there is a need to respond to cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, which represent a leading threat to human health and development,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 24
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- Reaffirming that good public health is better achieved through a combination of good public health policies, including multisectoral policies that stress better nutrition, safe drinking water, hygiene, sanitation and sustainable urbanization and that effectively combat major risk factors,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 20
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- Recognizing that communicable diseases, which have been prioritized by the Millennium Development Goals, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as other communicable diseases and neglected tropical diseases, pose severe risks for the entire world and serious challenges to the achievement of development goals,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 8
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- Recognizing 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, their right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health, and their right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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Ending female genital mutilation 2008, para. 11
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- Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation and the recommendations contained therein,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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Ending female genital mutilation 2010, para. 15
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- Concerned about evidence of increased carrying out of female genital mutilation by medical personnel in all regions in which it is practised,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Integrating a gender perspective in post-disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster 2005, para. 10
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- Welcoming the response, support and assistance by the affected countries and the international community in the relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, which reflect the spirit of national as well as international solidarity and cooperation in addressing the recent tsunami disaster and other disasters,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2005
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Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value 1994, para. 3
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- Recalling the Equal Remuneration Convention of 1951 (No. 100) and Recommendation (No. 90) of the International Labour Organization,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1994
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Ending female genital mutilation 2010, para. 17
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- Recognizing that strong leadership is required to make progress in eliminating female genital mutilation and that a multidisciplinary, comprehensive, coordinated and coherent approach at all levels towards achieving abandonment of female genital mutilation worldwide is required, and welcoming the fact that such an approach is at the core of the United Nations Population Fund-United Nations Children's Fund joint programme to accelerate the abandonment of female genital mutilation,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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Human rights and land rights discrimination 1998, para. 2
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- Noting that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights prohibits discrimination and proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, including distinction based on sex,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 15
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- Stressing also that employers have the primary responsibility to take measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and to facilitate effective action after sexual harassment has occurred by holding perpetrators to account and providing access to remedies and protection for the victims, bearing in mind that victims of sexual harassment may be subject to further discrimination or reprisals,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Ending female genital mutilation 2010, para. 11
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation and the recommendations contained therein,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the obligation of all Member States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirming also that discrimination on the basis of sex is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Elimination of violence against women 2001, para. 9
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- Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to put an end to impunity and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2001
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Rights of the child 2002, para. 7
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- Reaffirming all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights related to the rights of the child, in particular its resolutions 2000/85 of 27 April 2000 and 2001/75 of 25 April 2001, and taking note with appreciation of General Assembly resolution 56/138 of 19 December 2001,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2002
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Traffic in women and girls 2001, para. 1
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- Taking note of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, particularly the resolve expressed by heads of State and Government to intensify efforts to fight transnational organized crime in all its dimensions, including trafficking in human beings,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2001
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Traffic in women and girls 2002, para. 16
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- Convinced of the need to protect and assist all victims of trafficking, with full respect for their human rights,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2002
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 21
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- Recognizing that partnership between Governments, international organizations and all sectors of civil society, in particular non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, is important to realizing the rights of the child,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2000
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Traffic in women and girls 2002, para. 5
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- Recognizing that victims of trafficking are particularly exposed to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2002
Paragraph
Trafficking in women and girls 2004, para. 6
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- Recognizing that victims of trafficking are particularly exposed to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 7
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- Recalling the inclusion of gender related crimes and crimes of sexual violence in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (A/CONF.183/9), which affirms that rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of sexual violence constitute, in defined circumstances, a crime against humanity and/or a war crime, and reiterating that acts of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict can constitute serious violations or grave breaches of international humanitarian law,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2004
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Elimination of violence against women 2005, para. 5
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- Recalling the inclusion of gender related crimes and crimes of sexual violence in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which affirms that rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of sexual violence of comparable gravity constitute, in defined circumstances, a crime against humanity and/or a war crime, and reiterating that acts of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict can constitute serious violations or grave breaches of international humanitarian law,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 1998, para. 6
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- Expressing its support for the ongoing negotiations on the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and inviting those involved to be guided by the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as appropriate,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1998
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Rights of the child 1998, para. 1
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- Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
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Elimination of violence against women 2003, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the inclusion of gender-related crimes and crimes of sexual violence in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (A/CONF.183/9), which affirms that rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of sexual violence constitute, in defined circumstances, a crime against humanity and/or a war crime, and reiterating that acts of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict can constitute serious violations or grave breaches of international humanitarian law,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2003
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Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 6
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- Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to put an end to impunity and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2004
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