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Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 070
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- Environmental health
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the International Labour Organization (2019), para. 12
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- 7. Requests the President of the General Assembly, in a transparent manner and in consultation with Member States, with support from the International Labour Organization, to finalize the organizational arrangements, including identification of the sub-themes and panellists, with due regard given to gender balance and equitable geographical distribution, for two interactive panel discussions, to be held following the commemorative plenary meeting, one from 3 to 4.25 p.m. and the other from 4.30 to 5.55 p.m., followed by a brief closing segment of the plenary meeting;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthened and unified security management system (2007), para. 35
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- 22. Takes note, in this context, of paragraph 42 of the report of the Secretary- General 1 and urges him to continue his efforts to achieve greater gender parity in the Department of Safety and Security, and invites Member States to assist the Secretary-General in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Women in development (2006), para. 52
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- 35. Calls upon the United Nations system to integrate gender mainstreaming into all its programmes and policies, including in the integrated follow-up to United Nations conferences, in accordance with agreed conclusions 1997/2 on gender mainstreaming adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1997; 9
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2019), para. 70
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- 34. Requests the Secretary-General, inter alia, through the Inter-Agency Security Management Network, to continue the increased cooperation and collaboration among United Nations departments, organizations, funds and programmes and affiliated international organizations, including between their headquarters and field offices, in the planning and implementation of measures aimed at improving staff security, training and awareness, including field crisis management and gender inclusion in security management, calls upon all relevant United Nations departments, organizations, funds and programmes and affiliated international organizations to support those efforts, and notes the approval by the Inter-Agency Security Management Network of a system-wide policy on the security of locally recruited personnel;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Revitalization of the General Assembly (2006), para. 32
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- 18. Emphasizes, bearing in mind the provisions of Article 97 of the Charter, the need for the process of selection of the Secretary-General to be inclusive of all Member States and made more transparent and that, in the course of the identification and appointment of the best candidate for the post of Secretary- General, due regard should be given to regional rotation and gender equality, and invites the Security Council to regularly update the General Assembly on the steps it has taken in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 112
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- (a) Develop human rights-based and gender-responsive bilateral, regional and multilateral labour mobility agreements with sector-specific standard terms of employment in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, drawing on relevant International Labour Organization (ILO) standards, guidelines and principles, in compliance with international human rights and labour law;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 140
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- VIII. Action on crime prevention
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (2001), para. 16
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- (a) The ongoing personal commitment of the Secretary-General to meeting the goal of gender equality and his assurance that gender balance will be given the highest priority in his continuing efforts to bring about a new management culture in the Organization, including full implementation of the special measures for the achievement of gender equality; 5
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Support account for peacekeeping operations (2002), para. 10
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- 5. Requests the Secretary-General to develop a coherent policy on gender mainstreaming in all peacekeeping activities of the Organization, to submit, if necessary, a request on this issue in the light of that policy, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2016), para. 45
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- 23. Calls upon the intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations system to systematically request the inclusion of a gender perspective in reports of the Secretary-General and other inputs to intergovernmental processes;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2018), para. 048
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- 23. Emphasizes that multilingualism, as a core value of the Organization, entails the active involvement and commitment of all stakeholders, including all United Nations duty stations and offices away from Headquarters;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (2003), para. 37
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- 25. Reaffirms that all Governments and the United Nations system should promote an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes aimed at the eradication of poverty, at both the national and international levels, and encourages the use of gender analysis as a tool for the integration of a gender dimension into planning the implementation of policies, strategies and programmes for the eradication of poverty;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2016), para. 013
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- Recalling its resolution 67/148 of 20 December 2012, in which it called upon the United Nations system, including the funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, to increase efforts to fully mainstream a gender perspective into all issues under their consideration and within their mandates, as well as into all United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions and their follow-up processes,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies (2016), para. 21
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- 5. Stresses that the process needed to achieve the goal of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of human rights treaty bodies can contribute to raising awareness of the importance of gender balance, t he representation of the principal legal systems and the principle that the members of the treaty bodies shall be elected and shall serve in their personal capacity, and shall be of high moral character, acknowledged impartiality and recognized competence in the field of human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Multilingualism (2017), para. 22
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- 9. Endorses the terms of reference for the Coordinator for Multilingualism, as proposed in the report of the Secretary-General on multilingualism; 7
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1997), para. 23
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- 4. Welcomes the contribution of the report of the Secretary-General in translating the concept of mainstreaming into practical action, including the ongoing work to develop methodologies to facilitate the application of a gender perspective into all policies and programmes throughout the United Nations system;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Internationalfinancial system and development (2007), para. 34
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- 20. Calls for the continued effort of the multilateral financial institutions, in providing policy advice, technical assistance and financial support to member countries, to work on the basis of nationally owned reform and development strategies, to pay due regard to the special needs and implementing capacities of developing countries and countries with economies in transition and to minimize the negative impacts of the adjustment programmes on the vulnerable segments of society, while taking into account the importance of gender-sensitive employment and hunger and poverty eradication policies and strategies;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Information and communications technologies for sustainable development (2020), para. 28
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- Recalling the Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development and the recommendations for action in bridging the gender digital divide contained in its progress report, and taking note of the report of the Working Group on Education of the Broadband Commission entitled “Digital skills for life and work”,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services (2018), para. 05
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- Recognizing the need for Member States to take into account gender equality when nominating candidates to the programme,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery (2010), para. 22
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- (b) To take account of the gender and age dimensions of contemporary forms of slavery;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: a healthier world through better nutrition (2019), para. 11
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- Recognizing that health is a precondition for and an outcome and indicator of all Sustainable Development Goals, that, despite progress made, challenges in global health still remain, with special regard to inequities and vulnerabilities within and among countries, regions and populations, and that investments in health contribute to sustainable, inclusive economic growth, social development, environmental protection, eradication of poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality and reducing inequalities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Triennial policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (1999), para. 61
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- E. Cross-cutting themes
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (1998), para. 09
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- 3. Emphasizes the role of the Institute as the only gender unit for research and training within the United Nations system, and reiterates the relevant provisions contained in the agreed conclusions 1997/3 of 21 July 1997 of the Economic and Social Council; 3
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2010), para. 218
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- XI Marine science
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2003), para. 36
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- 28. Invites donor countries and recipient countries to consider including in their bilateral programmes and projects relating to the training of armed forces, security forces, prison and police personnel and health-care personnel matters relating to the protection of human rights and the prevention of torture, while bearing in mind a gender perspective;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (1994), para. 12
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- Welcoming also the development by the Secretary-General of a plan of action for 1993 and 1994 to improve the status of women in the Secretariat by 1995, 6/
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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South-South cooperation (2014), para. 23
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- 20. Requests all Member States and the United Nations development system to foster complementarities among North-South and South-South and triangular cooperation through greater evidence-based policy dialogue on strategic cross-cutting issues, in particular for the application of science, technology and innovation and the integration of a gender perspective into the pursuit of sustainable development;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of the United Nations system (1997), para. 102
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- 59. In the course of the identification and appointment of the best candidate for the post of Secretary-General, due regard shall continue to be given to regional rotation and shall also be given to gender equality.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies (2005), para. 19
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- 4. Stresses that the process needed to achieve the goal of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of human rights treaty bodies can contribute to raising awareness of the importance of gender balance, the representation of the principal legal systems and the principle that the members of the treaty bodies shall be elected and shall serve in their personal capacity, and shall be of high moral character, acknowledged impartiality and recognized competence in the field of human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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