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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. d
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- Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 1948
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- Preamble
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. h
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- Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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- 1948
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- Preamble
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 1
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- Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fourteenth Session on 10 June 1930, and
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 2
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- Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to forced or compulsory labour, which is included in the first item on the agenda of the Session, and
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. g
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- Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1948
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- Preamble
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 3
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- Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention, adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty the following Convention, which may be cited as the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, for ratification by the Members of the International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined
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- The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Geneva Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of July 27, 1929, have agreed as follows:
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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- Preamble
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The right to development 1997, para. 3
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- Recalling its previous resolutions and those of the Commission on Human Rights relating to the right to development,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 1997
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- PP
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The right to development 1997, para. 9
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- Acknowledging that, in this regard, a number of positive results have been achieved, but deeply concerned that the overall trends with respect to sustainable development are worse today than they were in 1992,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
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- N.A.
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- 1997
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- PP
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The right to development 2001, para. 12
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- Underlining further the important role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the promotion and protection of the right to development,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- All
- N.A.
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- 2001
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- PP
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Right to food 2004, para. 11
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- Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2004
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- PP
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Right to food 2004, para. 1
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- Recalling its resolution 58/186 of 22 December 2003, as well as all Commission on Human Rights resolutions in this regard, in particular resolution 2004/19 of 16 April 2004,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2004
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- PP
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Right to food 2006, para. 1
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- Recalling all its previous resolutions on the issue of the right to food, in particular resolution 60/165 of 16 December 2005, as well as all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights in this regard,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2006
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- PP
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The right to development 2006, para. 17
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- Stressing that poverty eradication is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted and integrated approach in addressing economic, political, social, environmental and institutional dimensions at all levels, especially in the context of the millennium development goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world's people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
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- 2006
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- PP
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Right to food 2008, para. 4
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- Bearing in mind the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action and the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later, adopted in Rome on 13 June 2002,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2008
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- PP
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Right to food 2008, para. 10
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- Convinced that each State must adopt a strategy consistent with its resources and capacities to achieve its individual goals in implementing the recommendations contained in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action and, at the same time, cooperate regionally and internationally in order to organize collective solutions to global issues of food security in a world of increasingly interlinked institutions, societies and economies where coordinated efforts and shared responsibilities are essential,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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The right to development 2009, para. 3
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- Recalling also the outcomes of all the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2009
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- PP
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The right to development 2010, para. 21
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- Stressing that poverty eradication is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted and integrated approach in addressing economic, political, social, environmental and institutional dimensions at all levels, especially in the context of the Millennium Development Goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world's people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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- PP
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The right to development 2011, para. 21
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- Recognizing further that poverty is an affront to human dignity,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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- PP
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The right to development 2011, para. 17
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- Noting with sadness the passing of the former Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group, and welcoming the new mandate holder,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2011
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- PP
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The right to development 2011, para. 19
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- Recognizing that, while development facilitates the enjoyment of all human rights, the lack of development may not be invoked to justify the abridgement of internationally recognized human rights,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2011
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- PP
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The right to development 2013, para. 14
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- Reiterating its continuing support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development as a development framework for Africa,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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- PP
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The right to development 2013, para. 16
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- Deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the global economic and financial crises on the realization of the right to development,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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- PP
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The right to development 2013, para. 17
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- Recognizing that, while development facilitates the enjoyment of all human rights, the lack of development may not be invoked to justify the abridgement of internationally recognized human rights,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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- PP
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The right to development 2013, para. 19
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- Recognizing further that poverty is an affront to human dignity,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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- PP
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Freedom of opinion and expression: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2008, para. 11
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- Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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The right to development 2015, para. 15
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- Reiterating its continuing support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development as a development framework for Africa,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
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- PP
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The right to development 2015, para. 17
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- Deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the global economic and financial crises on the realization of the right to development,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
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- PP
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The right to development 2009, para. 1
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- Recalling the Charter of the United Nations and the core human rights instruments,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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The right to development 2009, para. 2
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- Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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