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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2002), para. 36
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- 7. Renews its commitment to further strengthening international cooperation and substantially increasing efforts to counter the world drug problem, in accordance with the obligations of States under the United Nations drug control conventions, on the basis of the general framework given by the outcome of the special session, and taking into account experience gained;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 14
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- Reaffirming the commitment to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 10 and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (2011), para. 04
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- Bearing in mind also, in this regard, the cooperation activities undertaken by the United Nations and the Caribbean Community in fields related to the prevention and eradication of the illicit trade in narcotic drugs, small arms and light weapons, the safety and management of stockpiles and the destruction of surplus weapons and ammunition, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the prohibition and restriction of the use of certain conventional weapons,
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- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2004), para. 51
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- 3. Encourages the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as the global coordinating body in international drug control and as the governing body of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, and the International Narcotics Control Board to continue their useful work on the control of precursors and other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration ofCommitment on HIV/AIDS (2004), para. 38
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- (ii) Expanding access to treatment, in a progressive and sustainable manner, including the prevention and treatment of opportunistic diseases and the effective use of antiretroviral medication;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to development (2020), para. 28
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- Recognizing that extreme poverty and hunger are among the greatest global threats and require the collective commitment of the international community for their eradication, pursuant to Millennium Development Goal 1 and Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2, and therefore calling upon the international community, including the Human Rights Council, to contribute towards achieving that goal,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 041
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- 7. Encourages Member States to enhance North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation, in cooperation with the international development community and other key stakeholders, in order to effectively address and counter the world drug problem;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2010), para. 03
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- Recalling also its resolution 63/234 of 22 December 2008 and all previous resolutions concerning the struggle against malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- All
- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (2013), para. 11
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- Concerned also that the increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases constitutes a heavy burden on society, with serious social and economic consequences, which represent a leading threat to human health and development, and recognizing the urgent need for further measures at the global, regional and national levels to prevent and control such diseases in order to contribute to the full realization of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Terrorism and human rights (2020), para. 35
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- 14. Also urges States to ensure, in accordance with their obligations under international law and national regulations, and whenever international humanitarian law is applicable, that counter-terrorism legislation and measures do not impede humanitarian and medical activities or engagement with all relevant actors as foreseen by international humanitarian law;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
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- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2005), para. 13
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- 4. Urges all Governments to take the lead in coordinating the activities of the Decade at the national level, bringing all relevant national actors together in a sustained dialogue and collaborative action on policy formulation, implementation and evaluation of literacy efforts;
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2000), para. 105
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- (c) National action. Developing and implementing specific demand reduction activities at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention that meet the needs of various target groups and that are integrated into the health, education and other related sectors;
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- Education
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to be held in 2016 (2015), para. 07
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- 6. Also decides that the special session on the world drug problem in 2016 shall have an inclusive preparatory process that includes extensive substantive consultations, allowing organs, entities and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, relevant international and regional organizations, civil society and other relevant stakeholders to fully contribute to the process, in accordance with the relevant rules of procedure and established practice;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (2015), para. 14
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- (d) Excluding completely, for the sake of all mankind, the possibility of the use of chemical weapons,
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- Environment
- Health
- Humanitarian
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Industrial development cooperation (2013), para. 13
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- Underscoring the importance of the transfer of technology and knowledge networking on mutually agreed terms to developing countries as an effective means of international cooperation in the pursuit of the eradication of poverty and hunger and of sustainable development,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 076
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- 34. Given the need to accelerate progress immediately in countries where current trends make the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals unlikely, we resolve to urgently identify and implement country-led initiatives with adequate international support, consistent with long-term national development strategies, that promise immediate and durable improvements in the lives of people and renewed hope for the achievement of the development goals. In this regard, we will take such actions as the distribution of malaria bed nets, including free distribution, where appropriate, and effective anti-malarial treatments, the expansion of local school meal programmes, using home-grown foods where possible, and the elimination of user fees for primary education and, where appropriate, health-care services.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 080
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- 60 (b). Commit to using multiple strategies and modalities, including, when possible, voluntary, confidential, fully informed and safe community-based testing, according to national context, to reaching the millions of people who do not kno w their status, including those living with HIV, and to providing pre-test information, counselling, post-test referrals and follow-up to facilitate linkages to care, support and treatment services, including viral load monitoring, and to addressing socioeconomic barriers to testing and treatment, including legal, regulatory barriers to community testing, and commit to expanding and promoting voluntary and confidential HIV testing and counselling, including provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling, and to intensifying national testing promotion campaigns for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights (2013), para. 36
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- 23. Reaffirms the fact that the exercise of the basic rights of the people of debtor countries to food, housing, clothing, employment, education, health services and a healthy environment cannot be subordinated to the implementation of structural adjustment policies, growth programmes and economic reforms arising from the debt;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2016), para. 35
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- 18. Calls upon the international community, including the entities of the United Nations system, to support the efforts of developing countries to address the adverse effects of HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, in particular in Africa, as well as the prevention and control of non -communicable diseases, which is a challenge of epidemic proportions, and their effects on human resources;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Scope and modalities of the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (2014), para. 03
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- Recognizing the continued negative impact of non-communicable diseases, including the socioeconomic and development challenges faced by all countries, in particular low- and middle-income countries, and the need for continued concerted action and a coordinated response, including monitoring of the progress at the national, regional and global levels,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2017), para. 04
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- Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for her or his health and well-being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere,
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2017), para. 12
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- Concerned about evidence of an increase in the incidence of female genital mutilation being carried out by medical personnel in all regions in which it is practised,
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- Harmful Practices
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2007), para. 51
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- (a) To strengthen a constructive and effective dialogue with Member States and also to ensure continued improvement in management, so as to contribute to enhanced and sustainable programme delivery and further encourage the Executive Director to maximize the effectiveness of the drug programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, inter alia, through the full implementation of Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolutions, in particular the recommendations contained therein;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Advisory services and technical assistance for Cambodia (2009), para. 11
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- 2. Welcomes the progress made with regard to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, including the substantive hearing concerning the accused Kaing Guek Eav, and supports the positions of the Government of Cambodia and the United Nations to proceed with the tribunal in a fair, efficient and expeditious manner, given the advanced age and frail health of the persons charged and the long overdue justice for the people of Cambodia;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons: towards a society for all in the twenty-first century (2004), para. 05
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- Noting with appreciation the initiatives and actions of Governments to implement relevant sections of the Standard Rules and of relevant resolutions that give special attention to the questions of accessible environments and information and communication technologies, health, education and social services, employment and sustainable livelihoods, including the relevant activities of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2015), para. 081
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- 29. Invites Member States and requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, within its existing mandate, to continue to strengthen the regular collection, analysis and dissemination of accurate, reliable and comparable data and information, including, as appropriate, data disaggregated by sex, age and other relevant criteria, and strongly encourages Member States to share such data and information with the Office;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 091
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- 67. We recognize that sport, as a tool for education, development and peace, can promote cooperation, solidarity, tolerance, understanding, social inclusion and health at the local, national and international levels.
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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New Urban Agenda (2017), para. 158
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- 123. We will promote the integration of food security and the nutritional needs of urban residents, particularly the urban poor, in urban and territorial planning, in order to end hunger and malnutrition. We will promote the coordination of sustainable food security and agriculture policies across urban, peri-urban and rural areas to facilitate the production, storage, transport and marketing of food to consumers in adequate and affordable ways in order to reduce food losses and prevent and reuse food waste. We will further promote the coordination of food policies with energy, water, health, transport and waste policies, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, reduce the use of hazardous chemicals and implement other policies in urban areas to maximize efficiencies and minimize waste.
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on Crime and Public Security (1997), para. 21
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- Member States that have not yet done so are urged to become parties to the international drug control conventions as soon as possible. States parties shall effectively implement the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 4 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, 6 and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. 7 Member States specifically reaffirm that, on the basis of shared responsibility, they shall take all necessary preventive and enforcement measures to eliminate the illicit production of, trafficking in and distribution and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including measures to facilitate the fight against those criminals involved in this type of transnational organized crime.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium (2013), para. 07
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- Considering that studies conducted so far by relevant international organizations have not provided a detailed enough account of the magnitude of the potential long- term effects on human beings and the environment of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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