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Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls (2016), para. 28
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- 11. Urges Member States to ensure that victims and victims’ survivors are informed of their rights and can participate, as appropriate, in the criminal proceedings, taking into account their dignity, well-being and safety, and that victims are supported through appropriate services;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2020), para. 49
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- 29. Emphasizes the need to take appropriate measures necessary to counter the practices described above, and calls upon States and all other stakeholders to take more effective measures in accordance with international human rights law to prevent, counter and combat those phenomena and extremist movements of a racist or xenophobic character, which pose a real threat to democratic values, and to increase their vigilance and be proactive in strengthening their efforts to recognize and effectively address those challenges;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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High-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela (2018), para. 10
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- 1. Decides to convene a high-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela, on his life and legacy, in the context of promoting and protecting human rights through social justice, reconciliation and democratic ideals, on 27 April 2018, the day that, in 1994, Mandela and millions of South Africans cast their votes for the first time in a fully representative democratic election;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to information (1999), para. 07
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- (c) To provide support for the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes for broadcasters and journalists from public, private and other media in developing countries;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2007), para. 08
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- 2. Invites Governments to conduct their ageing-related policies through inclusive consultations with relevant stakeholders and social development partners, in the interest of creating national policy ownership and consensus-building;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2018), para. 142
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- 106. Commends, in a spirit of cooperation, the United Nations Correspondents Association for its ongoing activities and for its Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Scholarship Fund, which sponsors journalists from developing countries to come to United Nations Headquarters and report on the activities during the sessions of the General Assembly, and further encourages the international community to continue its financial support for the Fund;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- 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.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International Year of Volunteers (2001), para. 11
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- 5. Encourages organizations of the United Nations system to pay attention to the Year in their regular work and in their relevant meetings and to continue to collaborate with the United Nations Volunteers programme as focal point for the Year to ensure that the contributions of volunteers in their own areas of concern are fully recognized;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2003), para. 08
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- Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to the Palestinian people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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A global call for concrete action 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 (2019), para. 56
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- 27. Requests the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Human Rights Council to continue to convene annual commemorative meetings of the Assembly and the Council during the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with the appropriate focus and themes, and to hold a debate on the mitigation and countering of rising nationalist popu lism and extreme supremacist ideologies, with the participation of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in this context encourages the participation of eminent personalities active in the struggle against racial discrimination, Member States and civil society organizations in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Assembly and the Council, respectively;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 59
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- 43. Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Inter-Agency Group on Ageing, an informal network of interested United Nations entities that exchange information and integrate ageing into their work programmes on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2014), para. 29
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- 17. Invites Governments to conduct their ageing-related policies through inclusive and participatory consultations with relevant stakeholders and social development partners, in the interest of developing effective policies that create national policy ownership and consensus-building;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Central America: procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development (1997), para. 24
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- 1. Commends the efforts of the peoples and Governments of the Central American countries to consolidate peace and promote sustainable development by implementing the agreements adopted at the summit meetings, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to give the fullest possible support to the initiatives and activities of the Governments of the Central American countries;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 32
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- 1. Recognizes that access to medicines and vaccines is one of the fundamental elements for the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the correspondent objectives of universal health coverage and health for all, without discrimination, with special attention to reaching those furthest behind first;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1997), para. 21
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- 7. Expresses its concern at the harassment and persecution of persons, including writers and members of the press, seeking to exercise their freedom of expression;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (1997), para. 07
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- Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to the Palestinian people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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World Bee Day (2018), para. 12
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- Acknowledging the urgent need to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and facilitate actions for the protection of bees and other pollinators in order to contribute to their health and development, bearing in mind that enhancing pollinator services is important for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of New Caledonia (2013), para. 06
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- Noting also, in this context, the importance of equitable economic and social development, as well as continued dialogue among the parties involved in New Caledonia in the preparation of the act of self-determination of New Caledonia,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2016), para. 07
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- Welcoming, in this context, the development of projects, notably on infrastructure, to revive the Palestinian economy and improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people, stressing the need to create the appropriate conditions to facilitate the implementation of these projects, and noting the contribution of partners in the region and of the international community,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and rehabilitation in Tajikistan (2003), para. 05
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- Recognizing with satisfaction that the United Nations played a successful and important role in the peace process, expressing the belief that the Organization should continue to provide assistance to Tajikistan in post-conflict peace-building, and welcoming in this regard the efforts of the United Nations Tajikistan Office for Peace-building,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Protecting children from bullying (2019), para. 36
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- (l) To continue to share national experiences and best practices for preventing and tackling bullying, including cyberbullying;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Date modified
- 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
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Death and disability benefits (1998), para. 3
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- Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on death and disability benefits 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 as well as the views expressed by Member States in the Fifth Committee, 3
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date modified
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat (2011), para. 09
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- 5. Also requests the Division, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize, under the guidance of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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