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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 2009, para. 4
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- Noting with concern that, for millions of people throughout the world, the full enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this goal is becoming increasingly remote,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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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. 5
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- Noting with concern that, for millions of people throughout the world, the full enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this goal is becoming increasingly remote,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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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. 7
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- Recalling that the Doha Ministerial Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health confirms that the Agreement does not and should not prevent members of the World Trade Organization from taking measures to protect public health and that the Declaration, accordingly, while reiterating the commitment to the Agreement, affirms that it can and should be interpreted and implemented in a manner supportive of the rights of members of the Organization to protect public health and, in particular, to promote access to medicines for all, and further recognizes, in this connection, the right of members of the Organization to use, to the full, the provisions of the above-mentioned Agreement, which provide flexibility for this purpose,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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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 2016, para. 9
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- Noting with appreciation the Human Rights Council panel convened to discuss the progress in and challenges of addressing human rights issues in the context of efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, on 11 March 2016,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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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 2016, para. 10
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- Noting with appreciation also the Secretary-General’s decision to establish a High-level Panel on Access to Medicines, with the mandate to make proposals on how to address policy incoherence in public health, trade, the justifiable rights of inventors, and human rights, and recognizing the participation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the expert advisory group supporting the Panel,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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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 2016, para. 15
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- Recalling that the Doha Ministerial Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health confirms that the Agreement does not and should not prevent members of the World Trade Organization from taking measures to protect public health, and that the Declaration, accordingly, while reiterating the commitment to the Agreement, affirms that it can and should be interpreted and implemented in a manner supportive of the rights of members of the Organization to protect public health and, in particular, to promote access to medicines for all, and further recognizes, in this connection, the right of members of the Organization to use, to the full, the provisions of the above-mentioned Agreement, which provide flexibility for this purpose,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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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 2016, para. 20
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- Recalling the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property of the World Health Organization, and commending the efforts of the Organization to fill gaps in health research and development for the relevant needs of developing countries, including neglected diseases and potential areas where market failure exists, through the follow-up to the report of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development, and reiterating that health research and development should be needs-driven, evidence-based, guided by the core principles of affordability, effectiveness, efficiency and equity, and considered a shared responsibility,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 8
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- Recalling the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the Plan of Action of the World Food Summit, the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later, including the goal of achieving food security for all through an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger in all countries, with an immediate view to reducing by half the proportion of undernourished people no later than 2015, as well as the commitment to achieving the goals set out in paragraph 19 of the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2013, para. 11
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- Recalling the commitments made to achieve global food security, to reduce undernutrition and to provide adequate and predictable resources through bilateral and multilateral channels, including the financial and policy commitments set out in the L'Aquila Food Security Initiative, and acknowledging the progress made in implementing the commitments under the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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Attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2013, para. 6
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- Reaffirming the right to health and education as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 2
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- Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 6
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- Underscoring that the three main international drug control conventions of 1961, 1971 and 1988 and other relevant international instruments constitute the cornerstone of the international drug control system, and reaffirming the targets and goals of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem of 2009, and also the Joint Ministerial Statement of the 2014 high-level review of the implementation by Member States of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 9
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- Noting the contributions of international human rights bodies and mechanisms, including international human rights treaty bodies, the Human Rights Council and its subsidiary bodies, such as the special procedures and the universal periodic review, in
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 12
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- Reaffirming the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem”, in its entirety, as adopted by Assembly in the annex to its resolution S-30/1 of 19 April 2016, and reiterating that the operational recommendations contained therein are integrated, indivisible, multidisciplinary and mutually reinforcing and aim at a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach to addressing and countering the world drug problem, and reaffirming also the decision to establish 2019 as the target date for States to implement the goals set out in the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 15
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- Considering that the General Assembly has reaffirmed the need to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other United Nations entities, within their respective mandates, in their efforts to support Member States in the implementation of international drug control treaties in accordance with applicable human rights obligations and to promote the protection of and respect for human rights and the dignity of all individuals in the context of drug programmes, strategies and policies,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 17
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- Considering that the Commission on Narcotic Drugs encourages contributions of, inter alia, relevant United Nations entities, within their respective mandates, to the work of the Commission and the efforts of Member States to address and counter the world drug problem, and to strengthening international and inter-agency cooperation, and also encourages them to make available relevant information to the Commission in order to facilitate its work and to enhance coherence within the United Nations system at all levels with regard to the world drug problem,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 6
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- Taking note of the various regional and international initiatives relating to the reduction of maternal mortality involving representatives of Governments, civil society and the private sector, including the “Addis Call to Urgent Action for Maternal Health”, adopted at the High-level Meeting for Maternal Health, held at Addis Ababa on 26 October 2009, during which participants agreed to the Addis Ababa Statement of Commitment, adopted by the International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development on 28 October 2009, as well as the Madang Commitment, adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries in July 2009 and the Pacific Policy Framework for Achieving Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services and Commodities 2008-2015,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 14
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- Noting that a human rights-based approach to eliminating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity is underpinned by the principles of, inter alia, accountability, participation, transparency, empowerment, sustainability, non-discrimination and international cooperation,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2010, para. 15
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- Recalling its resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the Council and resolution 5/2 on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 1
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- Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 18
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- Greatly concerned that the significant gap in resources continues and that the shortfall in funding has severely limited the scope and pace of programmes and activities for the elimination of female genital mutilation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 2
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- Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome, including the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals, and the Beijing Platform for Action,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 3
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- Recalling further the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, "Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals",
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 4
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- Recalling the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, especially those related to global health,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 5
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- Recalling also all General Assembly resolutions related to global public health, including those related to global health and foreign policy,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 6
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- Recognizing that the full implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation, including those related to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, which would also contribute to the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as those on population and development, education and gender equality, is integrally linked to global efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development and that population dynamics are all-important for development,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 7
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- Reaffirming that development is a central goal in itself and that sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental aspects constitutes a key element of the overarching framework of United Nations activities,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 9
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- Recognizing also that all populations of the world are undergoing a historically unique transition from high levels of fertility and mortality to low levels of fertility and mortality, known as the demographic transition, which has strong effects on the age structure of populations, and cognizant of the fact that countries are at different stages of this transition, with some countries still experiencing high levels of fertility and some countries experiencing fertility that is below replacement level,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 11
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- Recognizing that the second stage of the demographic transition presents a window of opportunity for development and that the translation of this window of opportunity into benefits for development requires national policies and an international economic environment conducive to investment, employment, sustained economic development and further integration and full participation of developing countries in the global economy,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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