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Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living in the context of disaster settings 2012, para. 8
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- Expressing its deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters and extreme climate and weather events and their increasing impact in the context of climate change and urbanization, as well as other factors that might affect the exposure, vulnerability and capacity to respond to such disasters, which have resulted in massive loss of life, homes and livelihoods, together with forced displacement and long-term negative social, economic and environmental consequences for all societies throughout the world,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context 2016, para. 9
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- Expressing deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters, and in this regard welcoming the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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Adequate housing as a component of the rights to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context, para. 9
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- Emphasizing that the adverse effects of climate change have a range of implications, both direct and indirect, for the effective enjoyment of human rights, inter alia, the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and welcoming the adoption and nearly universal ratification of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and calling upon States to continue its implementation, as applicable,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Adequate housing as a component of the rights to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context, para. 10
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- Expressing deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters and their negative impact on the right to adequate housing, and in this regard affirming the need for the continued implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015- 2030,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 15
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- Recognizes the need to increase the resilience of food and agricultural production to climate change, and encourages efforts at all levels to support climate-sensitive agricultural practices, including agroforestry, conservation agriculture, water management schemes, drought- and flood-resistant seeds and sustainable livestock management, including measures to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable groups and food systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 16
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- Reaffirms the necessity to promote, enhance and support more sustainable agriculture, including crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, that improves food security, eradicates hunger and is economically viable, while conserving land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, biodiversity and ecosystems and enhancing resilience to climate change and natural disasters, and further recognizes the need to maintain natural ecological processes that support food production systems;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 18
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- Also stresses the crucial role of healthy marine ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and sustainable aquaculture for food security and nutrition and in providing for the livelihoods of millions of people;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 18
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- Reiterating the urgent need for action to address the adverse effects of climate change on food security, as well as the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 21
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- Recognizing that farmers, including small-scale farmers and fisherfolk, pastoralists and foresters, can make important contributions to sustainable development through production activities that are environmentally sound, enhance food security and nutrition outcomes, improve the livelihoods of the poor and invigorate production and sustained economic growth,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 21
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- Reaffirms the need to promote a significant expansion of research on food, nutrition and agriculture, extension services, training and education, and of their funding, from all sources, to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability in order to strengthen agriculture as a key sector to promote development and to build up resilience to support better recovery from crisis and shock, including by strengthening the work of the reformed Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research so as to enhance its development impact, supporting national research systems, public universities and research institutions and promoting technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, the voluntary sharing of knowledge and practices and research to adapt to and mitigate climate change and improve equitable access to research results and technologies on mutually agreed terms at the national, regional and international levels, while giving due consideration to the preservation of genetic resources;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 37
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- Further stresses the need to significantly reduce post-harvest and other food losses and waste throughout the food supply chain through, inter alia, increased promotion of appropriate harvesting practices, agro-food processing, appropriate facilities for the storage and packaging of food and encouraging sustainable consumption patterns;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 40
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- Also encourages countries to give due consideration to the dissemination, promotion and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, as endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security on 11 May 2012;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 13
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- Recognizes the need to increase the resilience and sustainability of food and agricultural production with regard to climate change in the context of the rising demand for crops, bearing in mind the importance of safeguarding food security and ending hunger and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change, and encourages efforts at all levels to support climate-sensitive agricultural practices, including agroforestry, conservation agriculture, water management schemes, drought-and flood-resistant seeds and sustainable livestock management, and to establish and strengthen interfaces between scientists, decision makers, entrepreneurs and funders of science, technology and innovation, as well as measures to strengthen the resilience of those in vulnerable situations and of food systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 14
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- Reaffirms the need to promote, enhance and support more sustainable agriculture, including crops, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, that improves food security, eradicates hunger, helps to prevent malnutrition and is economically viable, while conserving land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, biodiversity and ecosystems and enhancing resilience to climate change and natural disasters, and recognizes the need to maintain natural ecological processes that support sustainable and efficient food production systems and ensure food security, and takes note of the importance of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 18
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- Reaffirms the crucial role of healthy marine ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and sustainable aquaculture in enhancing food security and access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food and in providing for the livelihoods of millions of people, particularly inhabitants of small island developing States, and in this regard encourages the full implementation of the Global Action Programme on Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island Developing States, which was launched on 4 July 2017;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 27
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- Also reaffirms the need to promote a significant expansion of research on food, nutrition and agriculture, extension services, training and education, and of funding for such research from all sources, to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability in order to strengthen agriculture as a key sector, to promote development and to build up resilience to support better recovery from crisis, including by strengthening the work of the reformed Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research so as to enhance its development impact, supporting national research systems, public universities and research institutions and promoting technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, the voluntary sharing of knowledge and practices and research to adapt to climate change and improve equitable access to research results and technologies on mutually agreed terms at the national, regional and international levels, while giving due consideration to the preservation of genetic resources;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 27
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- Expressing its concern that, according to the Global Report on Food Crises 2017, the number of people facing crisis-level food insecurity or worse has increased dramatically, up from almost 80 million in 2015 to 108 million in 2016 in countries affected by, inter alia, conflict, environmental factors, including natural disasters, and excessive food price volatility,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 32
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- Recognizing that livestock contributes 40 per cent of the global value of agricultural output and supports the livelihoods and food security of almost 1.3 billion people, and in this regard acknowledging that the sector offers opportunities for sustainable agricultural development, poverty eradication and food security gains, and offers an opportunity for raising climate awareness,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 34
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- Encourages countries to give due consideration to the dissemination, promotion and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, as well as the voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, as endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security in 2012 and 2014, respectively;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 35
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- Poverty and environmental degradation are closely interrelated. While poverty results in certain kinds of environmental stress, the major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, particularly in industrialized countries, which are a matter of grave concern and aggravate poverty and imbalances.
- Body
- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1995
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 6
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- Convinced that damage to cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, of any people constitutes damage to the cultural heritage of humanity as a whole,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 7
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- Recognizing that the duty of ensuring the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of cultural heritage belongs primarily to the State on whose territory it is situated,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 8
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- Noting that the destruction of or damage to cultural heritage may have a detrimental and irreversible impact on the enjoyment of cultural rights, in particular the right of everyone to take part in cultural life, including the ability to access and enjoy cultural heritage,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 10
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- Reaffirming also that addressing the destruction of tangible and intangible cultural heritage needs to be holistic, encompassing all regions, contemplating both prevention and
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 16
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- Emphasizing the important role that the Human Rights Council can play, in concert with all other relevant international actors, in global efforts to protect, restore and preserve cultural heritage, with a view to promoting universal respect for cultural rights by all,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 19
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- Welcoming all initiatives, whether by States, institutions or private persons, for the voluntary return of cultural property, and in particular those concerning cultural property that has been illicitly appropriated,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Environmental management and the mitigation of natural disasters 2002, para. 2
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- Deeply convinced that economic development, social development and environmental protection are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development, which is the framework for our efforts to achieve a higher quality of life for all people.
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2002
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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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Follow-up to the seventh special session of the Human Rights Council on the negative impact of the worsening of the world food crisis on the realization of the right to food for all 2008, para. 3
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- Noting the outcome of the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, held from 3 to 5 June 2008, in Rome,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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Follow-up to the seventh special session of the Human Rights Council on the negative impact of the worsening of the world food crisis on the realization of the right to food for all 2008, para. 7
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- Recognizing the complex character of the current global food crisis, as a combination of several major factors, both structural and conjunctural, also impacted negatively by, inter alia, environmental degradation, drought and desertification, global climate change, natural disasters and the lack of the necessary technology, and recognizing also that a strong commitment from national Governments and the international community as a whole is required to confront the major threats to food security,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2008
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