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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 61
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- 29. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to strengthen the cooperation with the Secretary -General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
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- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 41
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- 13. Recognizes that sustainable agricultural mechanization can have potential drawbacks but could also help address shortages of labour, ease drudgery, increase incomes, enhance productivity and the timeliness of agricultural activities, promote efficient resource use, enable better market access and attract new investment and talent into agriculture, thereby creating better prospects for sustainable growth and support measures to mitigate climate and weather-related hazards, and acknowledges that mechanization and digitalization can also create new and higher-paying jobs in agricultural value chains, making it more attractive for youth to stay in rural areas;
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- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Agricultural technology for development (2014), para. 20
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- Recognizing that young people are an asset for sustainable economic growth and that agricultural technology has an essential role to play in facilitating access to agricultural skills for young women and men and in improving the livelihoods of youth,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
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Agricultural technology for development (2010), para. 19
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- 2. Calls upon Member States and relevant United Nations organizations to make greater efforts to develop and disseminate appropriate sustainable agricultural technologies, particularly in and with developing countries, under fair, transparent and mutually agreed terms, and to support national efforts to foster utilization of local know-how and agricultural technologies, promote agricultural technology research and enable poor rural women, men and youth to increase sustainable agricultural productivity and enhance food security;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 18
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- (c) To ensure the involvement of young people in the renewable and sustainable energy sectors, through access to adequate education and training, the promotion of youth employment and entrepreneurship opportunities and cooperation initiatives in these sectors;
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- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 47
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- 22. Recognizes that the international community faces increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities with direct and indirect implications for the well - being of youth and which could make youth, particularly in developing countries and small island developing States, vulnerable to their adverse impacts, including through suffering disproportionately in labour markets in times of crisis created by climate change, calls for the enhanced cooperation of and concerted action by Member States with youth in order to address those challenges, taking into account the p ositive role that the education of youth can play in that respect, and encourages Member States to further promote youth participation in climate action and to consider youth perspectives in decision-making processes on climate change;
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- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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The Social Forum (2017), para. 13
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- 9. Decides that the Social Forum will remain open to the participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations and all other interested stakeholders, such as intergovernmental organizations, different components of the United Nations system, especially mandate holders of thematic procedures and mechanisms of the human rights machinery, regional economic commissions and specialized agencies and organizations, and representatives designated by national human rights institutions and non- governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and will also be open to other non-governmental organizations whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including newly emerging actors, such as small groups and rural and urban associations from the North and the South, anti-poverty groups, peasants’ and farmers’ organizations and their national and international associations, voluntary organizations, environmental organizations and activists, youth associations, community organizations, trade unions and associations of workers, and representatives of the private sector, on the basis of arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights, through an open and transparent accreditation procedure, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council, while ensuring the most effective contribution of these entities;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 34
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- 18. Recognizes that the international community faces increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities with direct and indirect implications for the well - being of youth and which could make youth, particularly in developing countries and small island developing States, vulnerable to their adverse impacts, including through suffering disproportionately in labour markets in times of crisis created by climate change, and calls for the enhanced cooperation of and concerted action by Member States with youth in order to address those challenges, taking into account the positive role that the education of youth can play in that respect;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (2011), para. 10
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- 4. Welcomes the signature, on 30 July 2009, of a cooperation agreement between the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to jointly develop and implement capacity-building and training projects in the fields of human rights, the environment, public administration and leadership training for young people;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Field Year
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Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 42
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- (e) To provide a safe and empowering context for initiatives organized by young people and children to defend human rights relating to the environment;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2015), para. 43
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- 23. Encourages every effort to raise awareness of the humanitarian impact of the use of nuclear weapons, including through, among others, visits by leaders, youth and others, to the cities devastated by the use of nuclear weapons, and testimonies of the atomic bomb survivors, the hibakusha;
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America (2016), para. 24
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- 12. Invites States Members of the United Nations and other stakeholders and the World Tourism Organization to continue to support the activities undertaken by the Central American countries for the promotion of responsible and sustainable tourism in the region, in the context of emergency preparedness and mitigation of and response to natural disasters, as well as for capacity-building, in order to create jobs and promote local culture and products, including by empowering women and youth and extending the benefits of tourism to all sectors of society, including the most vulnerable and marginalized groups of the population, while minimizing its negative impact, and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
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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 (2017), para. 35
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- 9. Reaffirms the commitments made in respect of meeting the special needs of Africa at the 2005 World Summit, 14 underlines the call of the Economic and Social Council for enhanced coordination within the United Nations system and the ongoing efforts to harmonize the current initiatives on Africa, in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and requests the Commission for Social Development to continue to give due prominence in its work to the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 7 10. Notes with appreciation the adoption of Agenda 2063 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union at its twenty-fourth ordinary session, held in Addis Ababa on 30 and 31 January 2015, as the African Union long- term strategy emphasizing industrialization, youth employment, improved natural resource governance and the reduction of inequalities;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Field Year
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (2016), para. 13
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- 4. Values the activities of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization aimed at strengthening regional cooperation in such fields as energy, including renewable energy and energy efficiency, transport, institutional renewal and good governance, trade and economic development, banking and finance, environmental protection, sustainable development and entrepreneurship, communications, agriculture and agro-industry, health care and pharmaceutics, culture, education, youth and sports, tourism, science and technology, exchange of statistical data and economic information, collaboration among customs authorities and combating organized crime and trafficking in drugs, weapons and radioactive material, acts of terrorism and illegal migration and in other related spheres;
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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International Year of the World’s Indigenous People, 1993 (1994), para. 19
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- 7. Notes with satisfaction the holding at Manila of a Global Youth Earth-saving Summit which, by its reaffirmation of the role of traditional cultures in the preservation of the environment, underscored the right to cultural survival;
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- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 47
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- 19. Encourages Member States, civil society and public and private institutions to develop partnerships to support financial and market services, including training, capacity-building, infrastructure and extension and rural advisory services, and calls for further efforts by all stakeholders to include smallholder farmers, in particular rural women and youth, in planning and in taking decisions about making appropriate sustainable agricultural technologies and practices accessible and affordable to them, and strengthen the links between community-based initiatives and financial institutions, including through the promotion of financing tools that foster agricultural sustainability;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Field Year
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2014), para. 46
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- 9. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 56
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- 15. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Field Year
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2015), para. 40
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- 21. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to collaborate with the Secretary-General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the sustainable development goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Field Year
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Promotion of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, for poverty eradication and environment protection (2017), para. 21
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- 6. Recognizes that sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, can improve the well-being of indigenous peoples and local communities, includ ing women and young people, and can create significant opportunities for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and/or the protection of natural areas by encouraging indigenous peoples and local communities in host countries and tourists alik e to preserve and respect the natural and cultural heritage;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
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International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (2011), para. 35
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- 21. Welcomes with appreciation the organization by the Government of Mexico of the Sixth Space Conference of the Americas, to be held in Pachuca, Mexico, from 15 to 19 November 2010, and notes with satisfaction that the proposed results of the Conference will be aimed towards strengthening the participation of the academic, public and private sectors, as well as youth and non-governmental organizations, in regional and international programmes and projects using space science and technology to support the economic, social, cultural and scientific development of the region;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2019), para. 67
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- 36. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to strengthen the cooperation with the Secretary-General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Field Year
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Sustainable mountain development (2020), para. 08
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- Welcoming the holding of the 2019 Climate Action Summit, convened by the Secretary-General, on 23 September, taking note of the multi-partner initiatives and commitments presented during the Summit, and taking note also of the Youth Climate Summit, held on 21 September,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 41
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- Reiterating the importance of achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as well as the recognition and protection of the rights of smallholders, particularly women, reiterating also the importance, inter alia, of supporting the empowerment of rural women, youth, small-scale farmers, family farmers and livestock farmers, fishers and fish workers as critical agents for enhancing agricultural and rural development and food security and for improving nutrition outcomes, and acknowledging their fundamental contribution to the environmental sustainability and the genetic preservation of agricultural systems and to sustaining productivity on often marginal lands,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Field Year
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2019), para. 020
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- Noting with concern that women, persons with disabilities, older persons, children and youth are disproportionately affected in natural disasters,
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Field Year
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2018), para. 53
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- 25. Encourages every effort to raise awareness of the realities of the use of nuclear weapons, including through, among others, visits by leaders, youth and others to and interactions with communities and people, including the hibakusha (those who have suffered the use of nuclear weapons) that pass on their experiences to the future generations;
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 17
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- (b) To strengthen the participation of young people, as important actors in the protection, preservation and improvement of the environment at the local, national and international levels, as envisioned in Agenda 21; 4F 5
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (2019), para. 38
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- 14. Encourages Governments, with the support of relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, to accelerate the transition towards sustainable economies, according to national policies and plans, through mitigation and adaptation strategies that improve energy efficiency and create more and better employment opportunities for all, including young people, in wage and self-employment;
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- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Field Year
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2016), para. 50
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- 11. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 12
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- Taking note of the convening of the Youth Climate Summit by the Secretary - General, held during the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, which gathered young people committed to climate action, together with Governments, the United Nations and the private sector, to discuss youth perspectives, as well as highlight youth-led solutions to address climate challenges, and in this regard further noting the launch of the Kwon-Gesh Youth Pledge,
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- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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