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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2018), para. 49
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- 29. Calls upon the international donor community to provide material and financial assistance for the implementation of programmes intended for the rehabilitation of the environment and infrastructure affected by refugees in countries of asylum as well as internally displaced persons, where appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2001), para. 43
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- 27. Calls upon the international donor community to provide material and financial assistance for the implementation of programmes intended for the rehabilitation of the environment and infrastructure affected by refugees in countries of asylum;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Conference on Central American Refugees (1994), para. 20
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- 6. Supports the special attention that the Central American countries, Belize and Mexico are giving to the particular needs of refugee, repatriated and displaced women and children and to the measures being adopted to protect and improve the environment and to preserve ethnic and cultural values;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (2019), para. 05
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- Deeply disturbed by the alarmingly large number of internally displaced persons throughout the world for reasons including violations and abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law, armed conflict, persecution, violence and terrorism, as well as disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, and increasingly in situations where those elements interact, who receive inadequate protection and assistance, and conscious of the serious challenges that this is creating for the people affected, including the host communities, for States and for the international community,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2011), para. 16
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- 8. Also welcomes the prompt consideration and action by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on a number of issues addressed in the Salvador Declaration, including those addressed in separate resolutions approved by the Commission at its nineteenth session, such as violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families, emerging forms of crime that have a significant impact on the environment and international cooperation in criminal matters; 3
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2017), para. 048
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- 12. Calls upon Member States, the United Nations and humanitarian and development organizations to integrate the building of resilience and human mobility into relevant strategies, plans and legal frameworks, in particular regarding disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, as integral elements of sustainable development at the national and regional levels so as to help to prevent and mitigate displacement in the context of disasters and the effects of climate change, including in urban settings where displaced persons have particular needs, requirements and vulnerabilities, and to enhance cooperation and coordination, where appropriate, to comprehensively respond to such displacement, including by preventing, preparing for and addressing it;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2015), para. 17
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- Acknowledging the complexity of migratory flows and that international migration movements also occur within the same geographical regions, and in this context calling for a better understanding of migration patterns across and within regions,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (2014), para. 28
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- 25. Recognize the need to consider the role that environmental factors may play in migration;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2018), para. 74
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- 53. Notes with concern the severe drought affecting Afghanistan, with 3.3 million Afghans facing emergency-level food insecurity and more than 220,000 Afghans displaced from their homes, and urges the international community to provide the necessary support and to work with the Government of Afghanist an and humanitarian organizations to respond effectively to the drought needs identified in the revised Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan without delay, prior to the onset of winter;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation for El Salvador as a result of the devastating effects of (2010), para. 08
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- Noting the enormous effort, as well as the fullest coordinated support and solidarity of the international community, that will be required to rebuild the affected areas and to alleviate the grave situation wreaked by these natural hazards,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (2009), para. 17
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- 5. Urges Governments of the affected countries to identify their unmet needs in terms of financial and technical assistance in order to foster the ongoing efforts to enhance national capacity and create a reliable tsunami early warning system in the region in concert with the activities of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Question of Saint Helena (2016), para. 20
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- Recalling also the concerns expressed by the representative of Saint Helena about the potential negative impacts of the construction of the airport, including the growing number of expatriate families settling in the Territory and the lack of a specific plan to operate an air route or sea link between Saint Helena and neighbouring islands,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Question of Saint Helena (2018), para. 25
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- Aware also of the completion of the construction of the airport in the Territory and the commencement in October 2017 of commercial air service, and recalling the concerns expressed by a representative of the Legislative Council of Saint Helena about the potential impacts of the construction of the airport, such as the growing number of expatriate families settling in the Territory and the lack of a specific plan for the operation of an air route or sea link between Saint Helena and neighbouring islands,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2000), para. 13
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- 8. Stresses the importance of international solidarity and burden-sharing in reinforcing the international protection of refugees, urges all States and relevant non-governmental and other organizations, in conjunction with the Office of the High Commissioner, to cooperate and to mobilize resources with a view to reducing the burden borne by States, in particular developing countries, that have received large numbers of asylum-seekers and refugees, and calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to play its catalytic role in mobilizing assistance from the international community to address the economic, environmental and social impact of large-scale refugee populations, especially in developing countries;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Political declaration of the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States through the implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (2019), para. 40
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- (f) Support for the strengthening of small island developing States’ national institutional capacities to access sustainable development finance, including grant, concessional, climate and disaster relief finance, to ensure effective an d tailored finance solutions. We remain committed to exploring innovative and sustainable private sources of financing, including blue, green and diaspora bonds tailored to the specific circumstances to small island developing States;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic (2019), para. 55
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- 24. Requests States Members of the United Nations and international and regional organizations to provide urgent support to the authorities of the Central African Republic in rolling out the above-mentioned reforms and re-establishing the authority of the State throughout the territory, while expanding the role of the Economic Community of Central African States in peace efforts and cross-border issues, including the seasonal migration of livestock;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015), para. 43
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- 36. Notes the importance of States and the Office of the High Commissioner discussing and clarifying the role of the Office in mixed migratory flows in order to better address protection needs in the context of mixed migratory flows, bearing in mind the particular needs of vulnerable groups, especially women, children and persons with disabilities, including by safeguarding access to asylum for those in need of international protection, and also notes the readiness of the High Commissioner, consistent with his mandate, to assist States in fulfilling their protection responsibilities in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2018), para. 55
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- (g) To bring to a halt all actions, including those perpetrated by Israeli settlers, harming the environment, including the dumping of all kinds of waste materials in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, which gravely threaten their natural resources, namely water and land resources, and which pose an environmental, sanitation and health threat to the civilian population;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2020), para. 028
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- Recognizing also the high numbers of persons affected by natural disasters, including in this respect displaced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2004), para. 49
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- 27. Welcomes the programmes carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner with host Governments, the United Nations, non-governmental organizations and the international community to address the environmental and socio-economic impact of refugee populations;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (2007), para. 07
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- Welcoming the convening of the final meeting of the Global Consortium for Tsunami-Affected Countries in New York on 15 November 2006, chaired by Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United States of America, in his capacity as Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, which aimed to review the progress made and to identify key recovery and reconstruction goals,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage (2018), para. 13
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- Acknowledging the importance of early restoration of the full enjoyment of cultural rights to individuals affected by conflict, and in particular to those who are displaced,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2016), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the complexity of migratory flows and that international migration movements also occur within the same geographical regions, and in this context calling for a better understanding of migration patterns across and within regions,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (2014), para. 16
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- 2. Notes with appreciation the significant practical contribution and efforts of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to strengthen the system of regional security and stability, to counter terrorism and transnational organized crime, illegal trafficking in drugs and weapons, and illegal migration and human trafficking, to combat natural and man-made disasters and to strengthen its peacekeeping capacities, which contribute to the attainment of the purposes and principles of the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2009), para. 35
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- 25. Calls upon the international donor community to provide material and financial assistance for the implementation of programmes intended for the rehabilitation of the environment and infrastructure affected by refugees in countries of asylum;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 025
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- 18. We recall the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 –2030 3 and its recommendations concerning measures to mitigate risks associated with disasters. States that have signed and ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change 4 welcome that agreement and are committed to its implementation. We reaffirm the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 5 including its provisions that are applicable to refugees and migrants.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2006), para. 12
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- 8. Urges all States and relevant non-governmental and other organizations, in conjunction with the Office of the High Commissioner, in a spirit of international solidarity and burden- and responsibility-sharing, to cooperate and to mobilize resources with a view to enhancing the capacity of, and reducing the heavy burden borne by, countries that have received large numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers, and calls upon the Office to continue to play its catalytic role in mobilizing assistance from the international community to address the root causes as well as the economic, environmental and social impact of large-scale refugee populations in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, and countries with economies in transition;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage (2016), para. 12
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- Acknowledging the importance of early restoration of the full enjoyment of cultural rights to individuals affected by conflict, and in particular to those who are displaced,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2007), para. 25
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- 21. Further notes the importance of States and the Office of the High Commissioner discussing and clarifying the role of the Office in mixed migratory flows, in order to better address protection needs in the context of mixed migratory flows, including by safeguarding access to asylum for those in need of international protection, and notes the readiness of the High Commissioner, consistent with his mandate, to assist States in fulfilling their protection responsibilities in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam,Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2003), para. 103
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- 7. Calls upon the administering Power to facilitate a visiting mission to Guam as requested by the territorial Government;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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