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Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainabledevelopment in Africa (2013), para. 43
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- 24. Calls upon the United Nations system, and invites Member States, to assist African countries emerging from conflict, upon their request as appropriate, in their efforts to build national capacities, including through national security sector reform strategies, the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants, the provision for the safe return of internally displaced persons and refugees, the launch of income-generation activities, particularly for youth and women, and the delivery of basic public services;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2016), para. 29
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- 13. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and the perspectives of persons with disabilities in disaster risk management so as to strengthen the resilience of communities and reduce social vulnerabilities to disasters, and in this regard recognizes the need for the inclusive p articipation and contribution of women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as the role of youth, volunteers, migrants, local communities, academia, scientific and research entities and netw orks, business, professional associations, private sector financing institutions and the media in all forums and processes related to disaster risk reduction, in accordance with the Sendai Framework;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to education in emergency situations (2010), para. 30
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- 13. Invites relevant United Nations entities and partners to allocate sufficient technical expertise to enhance, in close consultation with concerned Member States and relevant authorities, data collection on and documentation of the impact of emergencies on the access of children and young people to quality education, disaggregated by age and gender, and on attacks on educational institutions, students and educators, with due consideration given to information provided by concerned States and relevant authorities;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2006), para. 22
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- 7. Commends civil society, including non-governmental organizations and young people, for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace, and notes the progress achieved by more than seven hundred organizations in more than one hundred countries;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2015), para. 14
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- Acknowledging the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and relevant United Nations entities in such fields as the promotion of human rights, human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture (2016), para. 15
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- Recognizing also that an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, security and development actors, within and outside of the United Nations system, consistent with their respective mandates, and the Charter, is critical to sustaining peace, and essential for improving respect for human rights, advancing gender equality, empowering women and youth, strengthening the rule of law, eradicating poverty, building institutions, and advancing economic development in conflict-affected countries,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2017), para. 21
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- 8. Encourages efforts to provide quality education in safe learning environments for all, especially for boys, girls and youth, in humanitarian emergencies to contribute to a smooth transition from relief to development;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Sport as an enabler of sustainable development (2018), para. 23
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- Affirming the invaluable contribution of the Olympic and Paralympic movements in establishing sport as a unique means for the promotion of peace and development, in particular through the ideal of the Olympic Truce, acknowledging the opportunities provided by past Olympic and Paralympic Games, including those held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, in 2018, as well as the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires in 2018, welcoming with appreciation all upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, in particular those to be held in Tokyo in 2020, in Beijing in 2022, in Paris in 2024 and in Los Angeles, United States of America, in 2028, as well as the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2020, and calling upon future hosts of such Games and other Member States to include sport, as appropriate, in conflict prevention activities and to ensure the effective implementation of the Olympic Truce during the Games,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2018), para. 53
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- 25. Encourages every effort to raise awareness of the realities of the use of nuclear weapons, including through, among others, visits by leaders, youth and others to and interactions with communities and people, including the hibakusha (those who have suffered the use of nuclear weapons) that pass on their experiences to the future generations;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International trade and development (2014), para. 13
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- Expressing deep concern about the ongoing adverse impacts, particularly on development, of the world financial and economic crisis, recognizing evidence of an uneven and fragile recovery, cognizant that the global economy, notwithstanding significant efforts that helped contain tail risks, improve financial market conditions and sustain recovery, still remains in a challenging phase, with downside risks, including high volatility in global markets, high unemployment, particularly among youth, indebtedness in some countries and widespread fiscal strains, which pose challenges for global economic recovery and reflect the need for additional progress towards sustaining and rebalancing global demand, and stressing the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system while implementing the reforms agreed upon to date,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2020), para. 21
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- Deeply concerned about the risk of education being underfunded and the impact of disrupted educational services during humanitarian emergencies on efforts to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportun ities for all, and recognizing the need to support early childhood education, as well as to promote tertiary education, skills training and vocational education in conflict and crisis situations, where higher education serves as a powerful driver for chang e, shelters and protects a critical group of young men and women by maintaining their hopes for the future, fosters inclusion and non-discrimination and acts as a catalyst for the recovery and rebuilding of post-conflict countries,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2017), para. 10
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- 3. Further welcomes the announcement of the Government of Myanmar to make peace and national reconciliation its top priority, and the holding of the Twenty-first Century Panglong Conference from 31 August to 3 September 2016, while calling for further steps, including enhanced efforts to reach out to those ethnic armed groups that have not yet signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement, an immediate cessation of fighting and hostilities and of all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in northern Myanmar, as applicable, the provision of immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, including to areas controlled by ethnic armed groups, in particular in Kachin and Shan States, and the pursuit of an inclusive and comprehensive national political dialogue ensuring full and effective participation of women and young people, as well as civil society, with the objective of achieving lasting peace;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to education in emergency situations (2010), para. 34
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- 16. Calls upon all parties concerned to ensure that all peace processes and agreements and post-conflict recovery, peacemaking and peacebuilding efforts, as well as reconstruction planning, are sensitive to the special and specific needs of women, children and youth and include specific measures for the protection of civilians, including the facilitation of early access to education, learning and training, and to ensure the participation of women, children and young persons in those processes;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2014), para. 15
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- Acknowledging the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and relevant United Nations entities in such fields as human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for a solution to the problem of refugees, the restoration of total peace, reconstruction and socio-economic development in war-stricken Rwanda (1994), para. 09
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- Considering the diversity of the victims of the conflict, namely, the refugees, the many orphans, the widowers and widows, the disabled, the young people in need of schooling and other casualities of the situation,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2015), para. 22
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- 8. Recognizes, as part of the cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie, the interest in intensifying efforts to move from early warning to rapid response and the need to promote the full participation of women and youth in conflict prevention, management and resolution mechanisms through their involvement in negotiation and peace agreement processes;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar (2019), para. 21
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- 6. Calls for the immediate cessation of fighting and hostilities, of the targeting of civilians and of all violations and abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and the implementation of an inclusive and comprehensive national political dialogue and nationwide reconciliation process while ensuring the full, effective and meaningful participation of all ethnic groups, including Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, women and young people, and persons with disabilities, as well as civil society, with the objective of achieving lasting peace, and calls upon political and religious leaders in Myanmar to work for a peaceful resolution through dialogue towards national unity;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2003), para. 20
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- 7. Encourages the involvement of the mass media in education for a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people, including through the planned expansion of the Culture of Peace News Network as a global network of Internet sites in many languages;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non - Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2002), para. 19
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- 7. Encourages the involvement of the mass media in education for a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people, including through the planned expansion of the Culture of Peace News Network as a global network of Internet sites in many languages;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The Olympic Ideal (1995), para. 03
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- Recalling also its resolution 48/11 of 25 October 1993, which, inter alia, revived the ancient Greek tradition of ekecheria or "Olympic Truce", calling for all hostilities to cease during the Games, thereby mobilizing the youth of the world in the cause of peace,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2009), para. 09
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- Welcoming the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations system in such fields as human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture (2016), para. 31
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- (d) To serve as a platform to convene all relevant actors within and outside the United Nations, including from Member States, national authorities, United Nations missions and country teams, international, regional and subregional organizations, international financial institutions, civil society, women’s groups, youth organizations and, where relevant, the private sector and national human rights institutions, in order to provide recommendations and information to improve their coordination, to develop and share good practices in pea cebuilding, including on institution-building, and to ensure predictable financing to peacebuilding;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2019), para. 25
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- 10. Encourages efforts to provide quality education in safe learning environments for all, especially for boys, girls and youth, in humanitarian emergencies to contribute to a smooth transition from relief to development;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2018), para. 16
- Original document
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- Deeply concerned about the impact of disrupted educational services during humanitarian emergencies on efforts to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all, and recognizing the need to support early childhood education, as well as to promote tertiary education, skills training and vocational education in conflict and crisis situations, where higher education serves as a powerful driver for change, shelters and protects a critical group of young men and women by maintaining their hopes for the future, fosters inclusion and non-discrimination and acts as a catalyst for the recovery and rebuilding of post - conflict countries,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2008), para. 22
- Original document
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- 7. Commends civil society, including non-governmental organizations and young people, for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace, and takes note of the progress achieved by more than seven hundred organizations in more than one hundred countries;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 118
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- 53. Governments should encourage the involvement of young people, where appropriate, in activities concerning the protection of children and youth affected by armed conflict, including programmes for reconciliation, peace consolidation and peacebuilding.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to education in emergency situations (2010), para. 35
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- 17. Calls upon States and other relevant actors to ensure the facilitation of early access to education and training for children and adults in secure and friendly environments in the aftermath of emergencies, including through the implementation of specific related measures in early recovery initiatives, peacemaking and peacebuilding processes, capacity-building strategies, the participation of children and youth and the mobilization and prioritization of human, technical and financial resources;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations andthe Council of Europe (2011), para. 34
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- 23. Requests the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the Council of Europe to combine their efforts in seeking answers to global challenges, within their respective mandates, and calls upon all relevant United Nations bodies to support the enhancement of cooperation with the Council of Europe, as appropriate, in the areas mentioned above as well as in other fields such as youth, sport, biodiversity, health and disaster risk reduction, with regard to which fruitful cooperation is already taking place;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2017), para. 46
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- 23. Encourages every effort to raise awareness of the realities of the use of nuclear weapons, including through, among others, visits by leaders, youth and others to and interactions with communities and people, including atomic bomb survivors, the hibakusha, that pass on their experiences to the future generations;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Civil society space: creating and maintaining, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment (2013), para. 11
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- 1. Reminds States of their obligation to respect and fully protect the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of all individuals, inter alia the rights to freedom of expression and opinion and to assemble peacefully and associate freely, online as well as offline, including for persons espousing minority or dissenting views or beliefs, and that respect for all such rights, in relation to civil society, contributes to addressing and resolving challenges and issues that are important to society, such as addressing financial and economic crises, responding to humanitarian crises, including armed conflict, promoting the rule of law and accountability, achieving transitional justice goals, protecting the environment, realizing the right to development, empowering persons belonging to minorities and vulnerable groups, combating racism and racial discrimination, supporting crime prevention, promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, combating human trafficking, empowering women and youth, advancing social justice and consumer protection, and the realization of all human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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