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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4c
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- [Calls upon States:] To continuously monitor and regularly analyse the status of the realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 17
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- Welcoming the outcome of the forty-fourth session of the Committee on World Food Security, held in Rome from 9 to 13 October 2017, taking note of its main outcomes, inter alia, the adoption of the policy recommendations on sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition, recalling the endorsement by the Committee in 2014 of the voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems and the Committee’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and taking note of the adoption of the policy recommendations on connecting smallholders to markets and on sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition, including the role of livestock,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 11
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- Recalling general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and the statement on the right to sanitation of the Committee of 19 November 2010, as well as the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 10
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- Taking note of the relevant commitments and initiatives promoting the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation made at the 2014 high-level meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership and in the Ngor Declaration on Sanitation and Hygiene, adopted at the fourth African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene, in 2015, the Dhaka Declaration, adopted at the sixth South Asian Conference on Sanitation, in 2016, the Lima Declaration, adopted at the fourth Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Sanitation, in 2016, and the Dar es Salaam road map for achieving the Ngor commitments on water security and sanitation in Africa, adopted at the sixth Africa Water Week, in 2016, and in the call for action of the high-level symposium on the theme “Sustainable Development Goal 6 and targets: ensuring that no one is left behind in access to water and sanitation”, held in Dushanbe from 9 to 11 August 2016,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 25
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- Emphasizing that national legislation and policies are crucial to the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 10
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- Welcoming the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, held in New York on 21 September 2016, and its political declaration, as set out in resolution 71/3 of 5 October 2016, in which the Assembly reaffirmed the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance, developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with, and subsequently adopted by, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organization for Animal Health,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 19
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- Welcoming the operationalization of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, which is helping the least developed countries to strengthen their science, technology and innovation capacities and fostering the development of national and regional innovation ecosystems, as well as developing capacities for partnerships in science, technology and innovation collaboration with other countries worldwide,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 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;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 22
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- Reaffirming that agriculture remains a fundamental and key sector for developing countries, noting the importance of working towards eliminating all forms of protectionism, and recognizing that, as stated in the Nairobi Ministerial Declaration of the Tenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, there remains a strong commitment of all members to advance negotiations on the remaining Doha issues, including advancing work in all three pillars of agriculture, namely, domestic support, market access and export competition,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 16
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- Noting the engagement of the Committee on World Food Security in advancing country-led implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 33
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- Reaffirms the important role and inclusive nature of the Committee on World Food Security as a major intergovernmental platform for a broad range of stakeholders to work together towards ensuring food security and nutrition for all, and notes the three main functions of policy convergence, lesson-sharing and progress review that the Committee performs in support of the integrated implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to ending hunger and malnutrition;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 10
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- Stresses the important role of the international cooperation and technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action related to the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 21
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- Deeply concerned that non-existent or inadequate sanitation facilities and serious deficiencies in water management and wastewater treatment can negatively affect water provision and sustainable access to safe drinking water and that, according to the United Nations World Water Development Report 2017, over 80 per cent of the world’s wastewater, and over 95 per cent in some of the least developed countries, is released into the environment without treatment,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4d
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- [Calls upon States:] To identify patterns of failure to respect, protect or fulfil the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all persons without discrimination and to address their structural causes in policymaking and budgeting within a broader framework, while undertaking holistic planning aimed at achieving sustainable universal access, including in instances where the private sector, donors and non?governmental organizations are involved in service provision;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 5
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- Calls upon non-State actors, including business enterprises, both transnational and others, to comply with their responsibility to respect human rights, including the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, including by cooperating with State investigations into allegations of abuses of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and by progressively engaging with States to detect and remedy abuses of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 9
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- Recalling the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, and looking forward to the high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases to be held in 2018,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 11
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- Welcoming also the action plan on antimicrobial resistance 2016–2020 of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which supports the food and agriculture sectors in implementing the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with, and subsequently adopted by, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organization for Animal Health,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 3
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- Recalling further the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation), the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries and the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 5
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- Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 9
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- Emphasizes the six global nutrition targets set by the World Health Assembly to address global malnutrition and the related monitoring framework;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 9
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- Recalling further that, in its resolution 67/291, entitled “Sanitation for All”, it encouraged all Member States, as well as the organizations of the United Nations system and international organizations and other stakeholders, to approach the sanitation issue in a much broader context and to encompass all its aspects, including hygiene promotion, the provision of basic sanitation services, sewage and wastewater treatment and reuse in the context of integrated water management,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 1
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- Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 4
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- Expresses concern that the world is not on track to eradicate hunger and malnutrition by 2030 and that scarce and unsustainably managed natural resources, combined with insecure and uneven tenure rights for smallholders, are severely affecting those in vulnerable situations in rural areas, that climate change, drought, desertification and conflict and post-conflict situations are challenges with regard to food security and nutrition and diet-related non-communicable diseases in many places, preventing progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and that countries in protracted crises are at risk of being left behind;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 5
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- Reiterates the importance of developing countries determining their own food security strategies, that improving food security and nutrition is a global challenge and a national policy responsibility and that any plans for addressing this challenge in the context of eradicating poverty must be nationally articulated, designed, owned, led and built in consultation, as an inclusive process, with all key stakeholders at the national level, as appropriate, and urges Member States, especially those affected, to make food security and nutrition a high priority and to reflect this in their national programmes and budgets;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 28
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- Noting that an increasing number of countries, in particular in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific, are integrating food security and nutrition into their agriculture policies and investment plans and that, as a result, eradicating hunger, improving food security and ensuring adequate nutrition are being given greater prominence in regional development strategies, such as the African Union Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations food security and nutrition strategy, the Piura Declaration on Food Security, the Framework for Multi-Year Programme on Food Security and Climate Change and the Strategic Framework on Rural?Urban Development to Strengthen Food Security and Quality Growth, adopted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 Initiative, the strategy on food security and nutrition of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and the Arab food security initiative, all of which emphasized the importance of investing in agriculture, diversifying food production and diets and providing quality nutritional education to consumers, introducing labour-saving technologies in food production and processing, enhancing women’s access to income and strengthening capacity-building in improving food safety at all stages of the food chain, and also noting the establishment of the Islamic Organization for Food Security, headquartered in Astana,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 33
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- Acknowledging that social protection programmes and measures are effective in reducing poverty and hunger,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 2
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- Recalling also the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security, particularly the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food Security, and noting the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, as well as the Framework for Action, which provides a set of voluntary policy options and strategies for use by Governments, as appropriate, adopted at the Second International Conference on Nutrition, held in Rome from 19 to 21 November 2014,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 15
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- Reaffirming the importance of supporting the African Union’s Agenda 2063, as well as its 10?year plan of action, as a strategic framework for ensuring a positive socioeconomic transformation in Africa within the next 50 years and its continental programme embedded in the resolutions of the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and regional initiatives, such as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 7
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- Calls upon Member States to enhance global partnerships for sustainable development as a means to achieve and sustain the Goals and the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and highlights that the 2030 Agenda marks a paradigm shift towards a more balanced and integrated plan of action for achieving sustainable development that reflects the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4j
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- [Calls upon States:] To provide for effective accountability mechanisms for all water and sanitation service providers, including private sector providers, to ensure that they respect human rights and do not cause or contribute to human rights violations or abuses;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2017
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