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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,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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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,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The right to food, para. 14
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- Convinced that each State must adopt a strategy consistent with its resources and capacities to achieve its individual goals in implementing the recommendations contained in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action and, at the same time, cooperate regionally and internationally in order to organize collective solutions to global issues of food security in a world of increasingly interlinked institutions, societies and economies, where coordinated efforts and shared responsibilities are essential,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 5
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- Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula, and welcoming the conclusions and recommendations contained therein,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2008, para. 5
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- Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula, and welcoming the conclusions and recommendations contained therein,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to development 2003, para. 9
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- Recalling the high-level plenary meetings of the General Assembly held on 22 September 2003 devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of its twenty-sixth special session and the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 6
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- Welcoming the ministerial declaration of the 2009 high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council, on the theme "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health",
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women and mental health, with emphasis on special groups 1999, para. 4
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- Welcoming the strong commitments to women and mental health made by the Director General of the World Health Organization at the forty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women,
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- 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
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2009, para. 6
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- Noting with interest the relevant work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the administration of justice,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2014, para. 18
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- Reaffirming the renewed and reinforced commitments made by Member States to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015 and to continue with these efforts beyond 2015,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2012, para. 6
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- Recognizing that the difficult socioeconomic conditions that exist in many developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, have resulted in the acceleration of the feminization of poverty,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 7
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- Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, have resulted in the acceleration of the feminization of poverty,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2008, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, have resulted in the acceleration of the feminization of poverty,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2007, para. 5
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- Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, have resulted in the acceleration of the feminization of poverty,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Mental health and human rights 2017, para. 28
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- Acknowledging the leadership of the World Health Organization in the field of health and also the work that it has carried out to date to, inter alia, integrate a human rights perspective into mental health, and recalling the commitment of States to achieve this through the implementation of the Organization’s comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Mental health and human rights 2017, para. 22
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- Concerned that there is a continuing lack of parity between physical and mental health reflected in the marginalization of mental health within health policies and budgets or in medical education, research and practice, and stressing the importance of investing more on mental health promotion through a multisectoral approach that is based on respect for human rights and that also addresses the underlying social, economic and environmental determinants of mental health,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Mental health and human rights 2017, para. 18
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- Recognizing the particularly important role that psychiatry and other mental health professions should have, alongside, inter alia, government institutions and services, actors within the justice system, including the penitentiary system, civil society organizations and national human rights institutions, in taking measures to ensure that practices in the field of mental health do not perpetuate stigma and discrimination or lead to violations or abuses of human rights,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to development 2017, para. 12
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- Recognizing also that hunger and extreme poverty, in all its forms and dimensions, are the greatest global challenges and require the collective commitment of the international community for their eradication, and therefore calling upon the international community to contribute to the achievement of that goal, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 24
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- Noting with concern that approximately 54 per cent of persons living with HIV are in need of treatment, many of whom do not know their HIV status,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Safety of UNHCR Staff and Other Humanitarian Personnel 1997, para. 3
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- Noting that the local and international staff of UNHCR and its implementing partners, as well as other humanitarian personnel, are increasingly required to operate in conflict areas and under hazardous conditions entailing physical risk and mental stress,
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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