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Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda) (2015), para. 047
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- 40. We recognize the positive contribution of migrants for inclusive growth and sustainable development in countries of origin and transit and destination countries. Remittances from migrant workers, half of whom are women, are typically wages transferred to families, primarily to meet part of the needs of the recipient households. They cannot be equated to other international financial flows, such as foreign direct investment, ODA or other public sources of financing for development. We will work to ensure that adequate and affordable financial services are available to migrants and their families in both home and host countries. We will work towards reducing the average transaction cost of migrant remittances by 2030 to less than 3 per cent of the amount transferred. We are particularly concerned with the cost of remittances in certain low-volume and high-cost corridors. We will work to ensure that no remittance corridor requires charges higher than 5 per cent by 2030, mindful of the need to maintain adequate service coverage, especially for those most in need. We will support national authorities to address the most significant obstacles to the continued flow of remittances, such as the trend of banks withdrawing services, to work towards access to remittance transfer services across borders. We will increase coordination among national regulatory authorities to remove obstacles to non-bank remittance service providers accessing payment system infrastructure and promote conditions for cheaper, faster and safer transfer of remittances in both source and recipient countries, including by promoting competitive and transparent market conditions. We will exploit new technologies, promote financial literacy and inclusion and improve data collection.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2018), para. 23
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- Emphasizing that participatory research, in conjunction with effective, pluralistic and demand-driven extension and rural advisory services, is critical in order to ensure that agricultural technologies respond to the demands and needs of family farmers and smallholder producers,
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2018), para. 28
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- 2. Urges Member States, relevant United Nations organizations and other stakeholders to strengthen efforts to improve the development of sustainable agricultural technologies and their transfer and dissemination under mutually agreed terms to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, in particular at the bilateral and regional levels, and encourages international, regional and national efforts to strengthen capacity and foster the utilization of local know -how in developing countries, especially that of smallholder and family farmers, in particular rural women and youth, in order to enhance the productivity and nutritional quality of food crops and animal products, promote sustainable practices in pre -harvest and post-harvest agricultural activities and enhance food security and nutrition-related programmes and policies that take into consideration the specific needs of women, young children and youth, with particular attention to securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour;
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- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Youth
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 30
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- 2. Urges Member States, relevant United Nations organizations and other stakeholders to strengthen efforts to improve the development of sustainable agricultural technologies and their transfer and dissemination under mutually agreed terms to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, in particular at the bilateral and regional levels, and encourages international, regional and national efforts to strengthen capacity and foster the utilization of local know -how in developing countries, especially that of smallholder and family farmers, in particular rural women and youth, in order to enhance the productivity and nutritional quality of food crops and animal products, promote sustainable practices in pre -harvest and post-harvest agricultural activities and enhance food security and nutrition-related programmes and policies that take into consideration the specific needs of women, young children and youth, with particular attention to securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, strengthening progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Youth
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Agriculture development and food security (2013), para. 38
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- 16. Calls for closing the gender gap in access to productive resources in agriculture, noting with concern that the gender gap persists for many assets, inputs and services, and stresses the need to invest in and strengthen efforts to meet the basic needs of rural women, including needs relating to their food and nutritional security and that of their families, and to promote adequate standards of living for them as well as decent conditions for work and access to local, regional and global markets;
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- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
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Celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2005), para. 08
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- Emphasizing that equality between women and men and respect for all the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family well-being and to society at large, noting the importance of reconciliation of work and family life, and recognizing the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child,
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Men
- Women
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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. 067
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- 57. We will consider facilitating opportunities for safe, orderly and regular migration, including, as appropriate, employment creation, labour mobility at all skills levels, circular migration, family reunification and education -related opportunities. We will pay particular attention to the application of minimum labour standards for migrant workers regardless of their status, as well as to recruitment and other migration-related costs, remittance flows, transfers of skills and knowledge and the creation of employment opportunities for young people.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Youth
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Elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” (2003), para. 05
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- Reaffirming the obligations of all States to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enunciated in the Charter, and reaffirming also the obligations of States parties under international human rights instruments, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 9 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 9 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 10 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 11 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 12 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 13 and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 14
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Elimination of discrimination against women (2014), para. 19
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- 4. Also calls upon States to promote the rights of women and girls and to support their empowerment by adopting, as appropriate, a coherent set of gender-responsive social and economic policies directed at the family, the workplace and the marketplace, and by addressing poverty and social exclusion in order to overcome the structural barriers and inequalities they face and thereby to ensure their long-term and sustainable participation in economic and social life;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2020), para. 07
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- Noting the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 10 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 11
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2019), para. 11
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- 3. Invites Member States to invest in a variety of inclusive, family-oriented policies and programmes, which take into account the different needs and expectations of families, as important tools for, inter alia, fighting poverty, social exclusion and inequality, promoting work-family balance and gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and advancing social integration and intergenerational solidarity, to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 1
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2020), para. 11
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- 3. Invites Member States to invest in a variety of inclusive, family-oriented policies and programmes, which take into account the different needs and expectations of families, as important tools for, inter alia, fighting poverty, social exclusion and inequality, promoting work-family balance and gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and advancing social integration and intergenerational solidarity, to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 1
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 110
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- 21. We commit to adapt options and pathways for regular migration in a manner that facilitates labour mobility and decent work reflecting demographic and labour market realities, optimizes education opportunities, upholds the right to family life, and responds to the needs of migrants in a situation of vulnerability, with a view to expanding and diversifying availability of pathways for safe, orderly and regular migration.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 232
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- (c) Develop national short-, medium- and long-term policy goals regarding the inclusion of migrants in societies, including on labour market integration, family reunification, education, non-discrimination and health, including by fostering partnerships with relevant stakeholders;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 278
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- 36. We commit to promote faster, safer and cheaper remittances by further developing existing conducive policy and regulatory environments that enable competition, regulation and innovation on the remittance market and by providing gender-responsive programmes and instruments that enhance the financial inclusion of migrants and their families. We further commit to optimize the transformative impact of remittances on the well-being of migrant workers and their families, as well as on the sustainable development of countries, while respecting that remittances constitute an important source of private capital and cannot be equated to other international financial flows, such as foreign direct investment, official development assistance or other public sources of financing for development.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 281
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- (b) Promote and support the United Nations International Day of Family Remittances and the International Fund for Agricultural Development Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development as an important platform to build and strengthen partnerships for innovative solutions on cheaper, faster and safer transfer of remittances with all relevant stakeholders;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2010), para. 20
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- 7. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the instruments enumerated in paragraph 78 of the Durban Programme of Action, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families of 1990; 3F 4
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2011), para. 64
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- 44. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the instruments enumerated in paragraph 78 of the Durban Programme of Action, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families of 1990; 12
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 127
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- 79. States should devise special and appropriate measures designed to protect children in informal care from abuse, neglect, child labour and all other forms of exploitation, with particular attention to informal care provided by non-relatives, or by relatives previously unknown to the children or living far from the children’s habitual place of residence.
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- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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Human resources management (1997), para. 083
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- 3. Also requests the Secretary-General to develop a family leave programme for United Nations staff without creating supplementary leave entitlements, and to report thereon to the General Assembly as soon as possible;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Human resources management (1998), para. 02
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- Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on a family leave programme, 1 on the implementation of the performance appraisal system, 2 on a system of performance awards or bonuses and on amendments to the Staff Rules, 4
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Human resources management (1998), para. 03
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- I. FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAMME
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- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Human resources management (1998), para. 04
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- Recalling paragraph 3 of section III.C of its resolution 51/226 of 3 April 1997, in which it requested the Secretary-General to develop a family leave programme for United Nations staff without creating supplementary leave entitlements, and to report thereon to the General Assembly as soon as possible,
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Human resources management (1998), para. 06
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- 2. Approves the recommendations of the Secretary-General in relation to the family leave programme, as contained in paragraph 12 of his report;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Human resources management (2013), para. 78
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- 59. Requests the Secretary-General to outline and present to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session an alternative proposal, in addition to the proposed mobility and career development framework, that, inter alia, incorporates revised incentives and approaches that promote geographic mobility, especially in field-oriented job families;
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Human rights of migrants (2010), para. 16
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- 3. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Human rights of migrants (2013), para. 20
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- 2. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1996), para. 04
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- Reiterating that, despite the existence of an already established body of principles and norms, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and to guarantee respect for the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1997), para. 04
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- Reiterating that, despite the existence of an already established body of principles and norms, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and to guarantee respect for the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1998), para. 04
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- Reiterating that, despite the existence of an already established body of principles and norms, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and to guarantee respect for the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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