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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport (2019), para. 15
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- 4. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the intersection of race and gender discrimination in sports, including in policies, regulations and practices of sporting bodies, and elaborating on relevant international human rights norms and standards, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Trafficking in women and girls (2015), para. 80
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- 46. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session a report that compiles information on successful interventions and strategies, as well as the gaps, in addressing the gender dimensions of the problem of trafficking in persons and provides recommendations on the strengthening of human rights-based, gender- and age-sensitive approaches within comprehensive and balanced efforts to address trafficking in persons.
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- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 37
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- 5. Recognizes the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the right to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work, which includes, inter alia, having access to safe and healthy working conditions;
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- Economic Rights
- Health
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- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 57
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- (f) Providing victims and survivors of violence in the world of work with effective remedies, including relief support and legal, medical, psychological and confidential counselling services and access to reasonable and necessary leave to participate in legal processes, receive medical treatment or make arrangements for their safety, and relevant, comprehensive and victim/survivor-centred legal protection in a gender-responsive manner, including protection of victims and survivors from secondary victimization and protection of victims, survivors, witnesses and whistle-blowers from reprisals for reporting violence in the world of work;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls (2017), para. 48
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- 14. Calls upon all States to continue to develop and enhance standards and methodologies at the national and international levels to improve the collection, analysis and dissemination of gender statistics and sex- and age-disaggregated data by strengthening national statistical capacity, including by enhancing the mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical assistance for enabling developing countries to systematically design, collect and ensure access to high-quality, reliable and timely data disaggregated by sex, age, income and other characteristics relevant in national contexts;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS (2011), para. 032
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- 28. Note with concern that national prevention strategies and programmes are often too generic in nature and do not adequately respond to infection patterns and the disease burden; for example, where heterosexual sex is the dominant mode of transmission, married or cohabitating individuals, including those in sero-discordant relationships, account for the majority of new infections but are not sufficiently targeted with testing and prevention interventions;
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- Health
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- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe (2016), para. 15
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- 5. Notes the effective implementation of the joint declaration on the reinforcement of cooperation between the secretariat of the Council of Europe and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in this respect encourages further cooperation between the United Nations, includin g the Human Rights Council, its special procedures, the Office of the High Commissioner and the human rights treaty bodies, and the Council of Europe, along with its Commissioner for Human Rights, with regard to promoting and ensuring respect for human rights and the role of human rights defenders;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Activists
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Twentieth anniversary and promotion of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2018), para. 08
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- Stressing, in this regard, that all human rights and fundamental freedoms apply to all persons equally, including human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration, 6 and that these rights and freedoms must be respected, protected and fulfilled without discrimination,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Activists
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1998), para. 24
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- 13. Also encourages Governments, when seeking the assistance of the United Nations Programme of Advisory Services and Technical Assistance in the Field of Human Rights, to consider, where appropriate, including requests for assistance in the field of the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (2003), para. 04
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- Reaffirming the commitment of the international community to the goal of the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free world,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2016), para. 093
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- 46. Encourages Member States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to address the above-mentioned issues within the mandate of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the Office in order for the Office to fulfil its mandate effectively, efficiently and with the appropriate resources;
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- N.A.
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Missing persons (2009), para. 04
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- Acknowledging the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 7F 8 and looking forward to its entry into force,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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United Nations system support for science and technology in Africa (1996), para. 02
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- Reaffirming the Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development, 1/ adopted by the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development and subsequently endorsed and reaffirmed by the General Assembly,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2018), para. 39
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- 11. Reaffirms the importance of the enhancement of international cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights and for the achievement of the objectives of the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2001), para. 212
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- Bearing in mind also the objective of general and complete disarmament under effective international control,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2013), para. 39
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- 14. Reiterates its call upon the Syrian authorities to immediately and fully implement the agreed humanitarian response plan, and for all parties to the conflict to grant immediate, safe, full and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel to all populations in need of assistance in all parts of the Syrian Arab Republic, in particular to medical facilities, and calls upon those parties to cooperate fully with the United Nations and relevant humanitarian organizations to facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance through the most effective routes;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The right to food (2006), para. 29
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- 16. Invites all relevant international organizations, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, to promote policies and projects that have a positive impact on the right to food, to ensure that partners respect the right to food in the implementation of common projects, to support strategies of Member States aimed at the fulfilment of the right to food and to avoid any actions that could have a negative impact on the realization of the right to food;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The right to food (2020), para. 66
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- 25. Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment, as well as international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with the affected countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food, and in particular to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting their enjoyment of the right to food;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Prevention of an arms race in outer space (2004), para. 03
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- Reaffirming the will of all States that the exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, shall be for peaceful purposes and shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interest of all countries, irrespective of their degree of economic or scientific development,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Special assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003), para. 21
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- 7. Stresses that a successful conclusion to the peace process and the resumption of economic activity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are inextricably linked, and underlines the need for further international economic assistance in this regard;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation in response to the devastating effects of the earthquake in Haiti (2010), para. 11
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- Noting the enormous effort and solidarity of the international community, reflecting the importance of the fullest coordinated response and taking into account the national development priorities of Haiti, that will be required to rebuild the affected areas in order to alleviate the grave situation arising from this natural disaster,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Maintenance of international security – good- neighbourliness, stability and development in South- Eastern Europe (2004), para. 25
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- 10. Recognizes the efforts of the international community, and welcomes in particular the assistance already provided by the European Union and the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, as well as other contributors, in promoting the long- term process of democratic and economic development of the region;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance in mine action (2002), para. 29
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- 7. Stresses the importance of international support for emergency assistance to victims of mines and for the care and rehabilitation and social and economic reintegration of the victims, and also stresses that such assistance should be integrated into broader public health and socio-economic strategies;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2000), para. 16
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- 10. Expresses its appreciation for the contribution by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in implementing Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, including the establishment pursuant to that resolution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo as an essential part of the broader United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, responsible for institution-building, including the training of a new Kosovo police service, judicial personnel and civil administrators, the development of free media, democratization and governance, the organization and supervision of elections and the monitoring, protection and promotion of human rights, in cooperation with, inter alia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and stresses the commitment of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to the full implementation of resolution 1244 (1999);
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit origin and returning such funds to the countries of origin (2003), para. 03
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- Deeply concerned about the seriousness of problems posed by corrupt practices and transfer of funds and assets of illicit origin, which may endanger the stability and security of societies, undermine the values of democracy and civil ethics and jeopardize social, economic and political development, particularly when an inadequate national and international response leads to impunity,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1999), para. 22
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- 11. Encourages the continued efforts on the part of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief appointed to examine incidents and governmental actions in all parts of the world that are incompatible with the provisions of the Declaration and to recommend remedial measures as appropriate;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Prevention of genocide (2015), para. 47
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- 18. Encourages Governments, in cooperation with international and regional organizations and civil society, while promoting human rights education activities, to continue to disseminate knowledge of the principles of the Convention, paying particular attention to the principles of prevention;
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- N.A.
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The right to development (2018), para. 52
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- 20. Invites the Special Rapporteur to provide advice to States, international financial and economic institutions and other relevant entities, the corporate sector and civil society on measures to achieve the goals and targets relating to the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for the full realization of the right to development;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2017), para. 06
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- Recalling the commitment made by African leaders to end the epidemic of malaria by ensuring universal and equitable access to quality health care and by improving health systems and health financing, contained in the African Common Position on the post-2015 development agenda,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2011), para. 18
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- 2. Welcomes the reaffirmation by Governments of their will and commitment to continue implementing the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action, 1 0H in particular to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and foster social integration to achieve stable, safe and just societies for all;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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