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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2011), para. 074
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- 34. Also reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 041
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- Recognizing further the economic and cultural importance of sharks in many countries, the biological importance of sharks in the marine ecosystem as key predatory species, the vulnerability of certain shark species to overexploitation, the fact that some are threatened with extinction, the need for measures to promote the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of shark populations and fisheries, and the relevance of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1999, in providing guidance on the development of such measures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (2002), para. 24
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- 12. Calls upon the interim authority to respect fully the international obligations of Afghanistan with regard to narcotic drugs, and calls upon the international community to increase its assistance for programmes aimed at reducing poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, including capacity-building for drug control, drug control monitoring systems and crop substitution programmes, as part of a comprehensive food security strategy and drug demand reduction support;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The right to food (2018), para. 22
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- Emphasizing that a multisectoral approach that integrates nutrition across all sectors, including agriculture, health, water and sanitation, social protection and education, as well as a gender perspective, is critical to achieving global food and nutrition security and the realization of the right to food,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (2019), para. 019
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- Stressing also the importance of promoting and protecting the rights of the child in rural areas, including through the eradication of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, the promotion of quality education and health, protection from exposure to chemicals and wastes, and the elimination of child labour, in accordance with relevant human rights obligations,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 025
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- Acknowledging the convening by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of the resumed session of the Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance, in Rome from 5 to 9 March 2012, and noting the request of the Committee on Fisheries at its thirtieth session to convene the second resumed session of the Technical Consultation,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2011), para. 37
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- (h) To ensure full, safe and unhindered access to humanitarian aid and take measures to allow humanitarian agencies to secure its impartial delivery to all parts of the country on the basis of need in accordance with humanitarian principles, as it pledged to do, and to ensure access to adequate food and implement food security policies, including through sustainable agriculture;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Participation of volunteers, “White Helmets”, in the activities of the United Nations in the field ofhumanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development (2004), para. 12
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- 6. Encourages operational partners of the United Nations system, in particular United Nations Volunteers and the United Nations Development Programme, to draw upon the voluntary expertise of the White Helmets, as appropriate, including in their response to chronic situations characterized by hunger, malnutrition and poverty;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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World Bee Day (2018), para. 09
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- Recognizing the fundamental role and contribution of bees and other pollinators with respect to sustainable food production and nutrition, which thereby promote food security for the world’s growing population and contribute to poverty alleviation, hunger eradication and human health,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2017), para. 13
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- Noting with deep concern that, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of mountain people in developing countries considered vulnerable to food insecurity increased by 3 0 per cent between 2000 and 2012, while the total world population of people who live in mountain areas increased by 16 per cent, and in this regard acknowledging the need to prioritize the special and urgent attention needed by mountain areas, including by focusing on the specific challenges they face and the opportunities they provide,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2008), para. 067
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- 32. Also reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2002), para. 24
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- 14. Also welcomes the application by Tokelau, with the full support of New Zealand, for associate membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and its application for full membership in the Forum Fisheries Agency;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International Year of Pulses, 2016 (2014), para. 03
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- Noting also that pulse crops such as lentils, beans, peas and chickpeas are a critical source of plant-based proteins and amino acids for people around the globe, as well as a source of plant-based protein for animals,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2006), para. 026
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- Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2004), para. 87
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- 50. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in consultation with relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to prepare a study relating to the impact on shark populations of shark catches from directed and non-directed fisheries and their impact on ecologically related species, taking into account the nutritional and socio- economic considerations as reflected in the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, particularly as they relate to small-scale, subsistence and artisanal fisheries and communities, as well as updating Technical Paper 389 of the Food and Agriculture Organization, entitled “Shark utilization, marketing and trade”, in order to facilitate improved shark conservation, management and utilization, and to report to the Secretary-General for inclusion in a fisheries-related report as soon as practicable;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International Year of Mountains, 2002 (2003), para. 15
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- 9. Encourages all relevant entities of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to continue their constructive collaboration in the context of the follow-up to the International Year of Mountains, taking into account the inter-agency group on mountains, and the need for the further involvement of the United Nations system, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations University, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, international financial institutions and other relevant international organizations, consistent with the mandates specified in the Bishkek Mountain Platform;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2015), para. 066
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- 13. Calls upon States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to collect and, where appropriate, report to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations required catch and effort data, and fishery- related information, in a complete, accurate and timely way, including for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks within and beyond areas under national jurisdiction, discrete high seas fish stocks, and by-catch and discards; and, where they do not exist, to establish processes to strengthen data collection and reporting by members of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, including through regular reviews of member compliance with such obligations, and, when such obligations are not met, require the member concerned to rectify the problem, including through the preparation of plans of action with timelines;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte (1994), para. 14
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- 3. Calls for the translation into practice of the wish expressed by the President of the French Republic to seek actively a just solution to the question of Mayotte;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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World Pulses Day (2019), para. 15
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- 4. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to facilitate the observance of World Pulses Day, in collaboration with other relevant organizations, mindful of the provisions contained in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67 ;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2015), para. 045
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- Recognizing further the economic and cultural importance of sharks in many countries, the biological importance of sharks in the marine ecosystem as key predatory species, the vulnerability of certain shark species to overexploitation, the fact that some are threatened with extinction, the need for measures to promote the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of shark populations and fisheries, and the relevance of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1999, in providing guidance on the development of such measures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam,Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2002), para. 134
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- Also aware of the efforts of the administering Power and the territorial authorities to improve the socio-economic conditions of the population of St. Helena, in particular with regard to food production, continuing high unemployment and limited transport and communications, and calls for continuing negotiations to allow access to Ascension Island by civilian charter flights,
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- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Movement
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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World Pulses Day (2019), para. 05
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- Recognizing the success of the International Year of Pulses 2016, declared by the General Assembly in its resolution 68/231 of 20 December 2013, which raised the role of pulses in contributing to sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (1996), para. 190
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- Noting that, despite the progress made in Operation Lifeline Sudan, considerable relief needs still remain to be addressed, particularly in the areas of non-food assistance, including assistance to combat malaria and for logistics, emergency recovery, rehabilitation and development,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2011), para. 035
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- Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, and noting with concern that basic data on shark stocks and harvests continue to be lacking, that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, and that not all regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements have adopted conservation and management measures for directed shark fisheries and for the regulation of by-catch of sharks from other fisheries,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2018), para. 07
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- Recalling the status of Tokelau as an associate member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 037
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- Malnutrition
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2009), para. 14
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- 5. Recognizes the value of partnership between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in providing timely and effective responses to global issues of mutual concern, in the context of partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations, and thus encourages the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to explore concrete measures for closer cooperation, particularly in the areas of food and energy security and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2015), para. 177
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- 115. Encourages States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to coordinate in the development and implementation of clear and standardized by-catch data-collection and reporting protocols for non-target species, in particular endangered, threatened and protected species, taking into account best- practice advice from appropriate international organizations and arrangements, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels; 19
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte (1994), para. 14
- Original document
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- 3. Calls for the translation into practice of the wish expressed by the President of the French Republic to seek actively a just solution to the question of Mayotte;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2004), para. 17
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- Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1999,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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