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Status of preparation for the International Year of Mountains, 2002 (2001), para. 08
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- 1. Welcomes the activities undertaken by States, United Nations organizations, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations in preparation for the observance of the International Year of Mountains, and encourages them to continue their efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2019), 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 and of the Pacific Islands Forum,
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 (1999), para. 127
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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 in the sphere of food production, and the continuing negotiations to allow access to Ascension Island by civilian charter flights,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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. 028
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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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of Mountains, 2002 (1998), para. 6
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- 2. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to serve as the lead agency for the International Year of Mountains, in collaboration with Governments, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2019), para. 05
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- Noting with appreciation also the collaborative contribution to the development of Tokelau by New Zealand and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2000), para. 15
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- (f) The cooperation extended by the Government of the Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/Army to the humanitarian needs assessment mission of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme to the Nuba Mountains, which took place from 21 to 24 June 1999;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2019), para. 54
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- 16. Recognizes the critical contribution made by the fisheries sector to the realization of the right to food and to food security and the contribution of small -scale fishers to the local food security of coastal communities;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2020), para. 19
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- Noting with deep concern that about 340 million people in rural mountain areas in developing countries – 55 per cent of the total rural mountain population – were considered vulnerable to food insecurity in 2017, a steep increase compared with 2012, 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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2020), para. 31
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- 9. Recognizes the need to increase the adaptive capacity, resilience and sustainability of food and agricultural production with regard to climate change, notes that sustainable production practices, agroforestry and the conservation of agrobiodiversity in mountain areas ensure food security and nutrition and dietary diversity and quality, generate income for smallholder farmers and aid conservation and restoration, addressing the particular vulnerabilities o f food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change, and also notes that mountain farmers and pastoralists play a key role in agroecology;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2013), para. 07
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- Noting also the status of Tokelau as an associate member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2016), para. 42
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- 15. Recognizes the critical contribution made by the fisheries sector to the realization of the right to food and to food security and the contribution of small- scale fishers to the local food security of coastal communities;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency assistance to the Sudan (1994), para. 03
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- Noting that, despite the progress made in the Sudan Emergency Operation and Operation Lifeline Sudan, considerable relief needs still remain to be addressed, particularly in the areas of non-food assistance, logistics and emergency recovery and rehabilitation,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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. 86
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- 49. Urges all States to cooperate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in order to assist developing States in implementing the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, including through voluntary contributions to work of the organization, such as its FishCODE programme;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 added
- Feb 25, 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 added
- Feb 25, 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. 025
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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, the vulnerability of certain shark species to over-exploitation and the need for measures to promote the long-term sustainability 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 development guidance of such measures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of the Potato, 2008 (2006), para. 5
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- 2. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to facilitate the implementation of the International Year of the Potato, in collaboration with Governments, the United Nations Development Programme, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research centres and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system, as well as relevant non-governmental organizations.
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) (2018), para. 15
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- Recognizing that 815 million people throughout the world still suffer from hunger and that the prevalence of other forms of malnutrition is still considerable in some regions of the world, and stressing the important role of family farms in the production of more than 80 per cent of the world’s food in terms of value,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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. 103
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- 48. 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 added
- Feb 25, 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. 034
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- Recognizing also 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, 7 1H in providing guidance on the development of such measures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 (2010), para. 045
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- 11. 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 added
- Feb 25, 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. 111
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- 65. 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 more timely and comprehensive catch and effort data, including for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks within and beyond areas under national jurisdiction, discrete high seas stocks and by-catch and discards;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2020), para. 57
- Original document
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- 16. Recognizes the critical contribution made by the fisheries sector to the realization of the right to food and to food security and the contribution of small-scale fishers to the local food security of coastal communities;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 added
- Feb 25, 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. 047
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- 13. Requests the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to prepare a report containing a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, as well as progress in implementing paragraph 11 of the present resolution, for presentation to the Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-eighth session, in 2009;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (2019), para. 33
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- 13. Strongly condemns discrimination based on political grounds in access to food assistance and other social programmes against Venezuelans increasingly relying on them to have access to minimum levels of income and food, and urges that all social programmes be provided to all those in need in a transparent, non-politicized and non-discriminatory manner;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 added
- Feb 25, 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. 84
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- 47. Calls upon States, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and subregional or regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to implement fully the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks as a matter of priority, inter alia, by conducting assessments of shark stocks and developing and implementing national plans of action, recognizing the need of some States, in particular developing States, for assistance in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2010), para. 37
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- 29. Encourages the further development of sustainable agricultural value chains and the improvement of access to and participation in markets for mountain farmers and agro-industry enterprises, with a view to substantially increasing the income of farmers, in particular smallholders and family farmers;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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