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Sustainable mountain development (2006), para. 12
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- 6. Underlines that action at the national level is a key factor in achieving progress in sustainable mountain development, welcomes its steady increase in recent years with a multitude of events, activities and initiatives, and invites the international community to support the efforts of developing countries to develop and implement strategies and programmes, including, where required, enabling policies and laws for the sustainable development of mountains, within the framework of national development plans;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Dissemination of information on decolonization (2015), para. 02
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- Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2015 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, 1
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Dissemination of information on decolonization (2000), para. 09
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- 2. Considers it important to continue its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options of self-determination available for the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002), para. 27
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- 15. Also stresses the importance of the restoration and rebuilding of the historical and cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in its original form;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2003), para. 07
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- Noting the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report, 4 and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (2017), para. 15
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- Welcoming the reports of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas on its third and fourth sessions, 1 held from 17 to 20 May 2016, and from 15 to 19 May 2017, respectively, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 21/19, 26/26 and 30/13, and welcoming the constructive negotiation, broad participation and active engagement of Governments, regional and political groups, civil society, experts, international organizations and intergovernmental organizations and relevant stakeholders, particularly representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of the Cayman Islands (2016), para. 24
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- 3. Further reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of the Cayman Islands to determine freely their future political status, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution 154 1 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and decisions;
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat (2006), para. 10
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- 6. Requests the Committee and the Division, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, and encourages Member States to continue to give the widest support and publicity to the observance of the Day of Solidarity.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2016), para. 37
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- Concerned at the growing involvement of terrorist and organized criminal groups in all forms and aspects of trafficking in cultural property and related offences, and alarmed by the destruction of cultural heritage perpetrat ed recently by terrorist groups, which is linked to trafficking in cultural property in some countries,
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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2002), para. 07
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- Noting the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report, 4 and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2008), para. 12
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- 4. Recognizes also that sustainable mountain development is a key component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in many regions of the world;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief (2009), para. 12
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- Seriously concerned at all attacks on religious places, sites and shrines in violation of international law, in particular human rights and humanitarian law, including any deliberate destruction of relics and monuments,
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- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2019), para. 14
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- Reiterating its grave concern that, in spite of the fact that Rohingya Muslims lived in Myanmar for generations prior to the independence of Myanmar, they were made stateless by the enactment of the 1982 Citizenship Law and were eventually disenfranchised, in 2015, from the electoral process,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage (2018), para. 20
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- Reaffirming the importance of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its implementation, and in the context of its twentieth anniversary, highlighting in particular the important contribution made by cultural rights defenders involved in the protection of the cultural heritage of all humankind,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of French Polynesia (2013), para. 04
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- Recalling its resolution 67/265 of 17 May 2013, entitled “Self-determination of French Polynesia”, in which the General Assembly affirmed the inalienable right of the people of French Polynesia to self-determination and independence in accordance with Chapter XI of the Charter and its resolution 1514 (XV), recognized that French Polynesia remains a Non-Self-Governing Territory within the meaning of the Charter and declared that an obligation exists under Article 73 e of the Charter on the part of the Government of France, as the administering Power of the Territory, to transmit information on French Polynesia,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam,Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2003), para. 110
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- Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the registered and eligible voters of Guam endorsed a draft Guam Commonwealth Act that would establish a new framework for relations between the Territory and the administering Power, providing for a greater measure of internal self-government for Guam and recognition of the right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination for the Territory,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2004), para. 07
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- Noting the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report, 4 and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia: violations of human rights in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (1994), para. 21
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- Alarmed that, although the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a religious conflict, it has been characterized by the systematic destruction and profanation of mosques, churches and other places of worship, as well as other sites of cultural heritage, in particular in areas currently or previously under Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Croat control,
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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Improving global road safety (2014), para. 30
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- 2. Commends Member States that have developed national plans that are in line with the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020, and encourages Member States that have not yet developed such plans to do so, paying special attention to the needs of all road users, in particular pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users, as well as issues related to sustainable mobility;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Measures to be taken against political platforms and activities based on doctrines of superiority and violent nationalist ideologies which are based on racial discrimination or ethnic exclusiveness and xenophobia, including neo-Nazism (2005), para. 12
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- Expressing serious concern at the persistence in many parts of the world of doctrines of superiority and violent nationalist ideologies which are based on racial discrimination or ethnic exclusiveness and xenophobia,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of New Caledonia (2005), para. 17
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- 10. Also welcomes the importance attached by the parties to the Matignon and Nouméa Accords to greater progress in housing, employment, training, education and health care in New Caledonia;
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- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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International Year of Mountains, 2002 (2003), para. 16
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- 10. Decides to designate 11 December as International Mountain Day, as from 11 December 2003, and encourages the international community to organize on this day events at all levels to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain development;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2008), para. 12
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- 3. Welcomes the substantial progress made towards the devolution of power to the three taupulega (village councils), in particular the delegation of the Administrator’s powers to the three taupulega with effect from 1 July 2004 and the assumption by each taupulega from that date of full responsibility for the management of all its public services;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Anguilla (2016), para. 14
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- Recognizing the need for the Special Committee to ensure that the appropriate bodies of the United Nations actively pursue a public awareness campaign aimed at assisting the people of Anguilla with their inalienable right to self-determination and in gaining a better understanding of the options for self-determination, on a case-by- case basis,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Guam (2016), para. 29
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- Recalling the statement made by the Speaker of the thirty-third Guam legislature before the Fourth Committee at the seventieth session of the General Assembly that the most acute threat to the legitimate exercise of the decolonization of Guam was the incessant militarization of the island by its administering Power, and noting the concern expressed regarding the effect of the escalating United States military activities and installations on Guam,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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International Day of Nowruz 1 0F (2010), para. 19
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- 2. Welcomes the efforts of Member States where Nowruz is celebrated to preserve and develop the culture and traditions related to Nowruz;
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- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 18
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- Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Anguilla (2017), para. 35
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- 11. Stresses the importance of the Special Committee being apprised of the views and wishes of the people of Anguilla and enhancing its understanding of their conditions, including the nature and scope of the existing political and constitutional arrangements between Anguilla and the administering Power;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2007), para. 022
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- Emphasizing that underwater archaeological, cultural and historical heritage, including shipwrecks and watercrafts, holds essential information on the history of humankind and that such heritage is a resource that needs to be protected and preserved,
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- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2013), para. 10
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- 1. Welcomes the entry into force on 15 December 2008 of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 4 which represents a historic milestone for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, reflecting a common vision and commitment to the development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations community so as to ensure a lasting peace, stability, sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and social progress in the region;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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