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Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations (2015), para. 39
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- 12. Notes with deep concern that invasive alien species, such as Pterois miles and P. volitans, known as lionfish, constitute an emerging threat to biodiversity in the wider Caribbean region, and urges the United Nations system and the international community to continue to provide assistance and support in addressing this issue in the region;
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- Environment
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts (2011), para. 24
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- Recognizing also that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which came into effect on 1 January 2003, will be credible only if all Participants have requisite national legislation coupled with effective and credible internal systems of control designed to eliminate the presence of conflict diamonds in the chain of producing, exporting and importing rough diamonds within their own territories, while taking into account that differences in production methods and trading practices, as well as differences in institutional controls thereof, may require different approaches to meeting minimum standards,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2004), para. 85
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- 48. Urges States, including those working through subregional or regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in implementing the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, to collect scientific data regarding shark catches and to consider adopting conservation and management measures, particularly where shark catches from directed and non- directed fisheries have a significant impact on vulnerable or threatened shark stocks, in order to ensure the conservation and management of sharks and their long-term sustainable use, including by banning directed shark fisheries conducted solely for the purpose of harvesting shark fins and by taking measures for other fisheries to minimize waste and discards from shark catches, and to encourage the full use of dead sharks;
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- Environment
- 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;
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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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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2015), para. 232
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- 168. Acknowledges the serious environmental impacts on the marine environment caused by abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear, and encourages States to take action to reduce such gear, noting the recommendations of the 2009 report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
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- Environment
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (2016), para. 10
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- Recognizing the important contribution of the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, 3 Bangkok and Pelindaba and the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, as well as the Antarctic Treaty 6 and the declaration by Mongolia of its nuclear-weapon-free status, to the achievement of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (2014), para. 32
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- 8. Expresses concern over the negative impact that poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking have on the ecosystem, human development and regional security, and calls upon Member States to take immediate concerted action to counter this phenomenon;
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- Environment
- Violence
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2014), para. 14
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- 7. Recognizes that mountains provide sensitive indications of climate change through phenomena such as modifications of biological diversity, the retreat of mountain glaciers and changes in seasonal runoff that are having an impact on major sources of freshwater in the world, and stresses the need to undertake actions to minimize the negative effects of these phenomena and promote adaptation measures;
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- Environment
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2015), para. 252
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- 187. Notes with appreciation the compilation, prepared by the Secretariat and available on the website of the Division, of the needs of developing States for capacity-building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and the sources of available assistance for developing States to address such needs;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2018), para. 29
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- 13. Commends the commitment of both Tokelau and New Zealand to continuing to work together in the interests of Tokelau and its people;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 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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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2011), para. 074
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- 34. Also reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (2003), para. 34
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- 16. Appeals to the United Nations and the international community to assist further in the strengthening of the region’s capacity for sustainable water resource management and sanitation as well as to respond generously with respect to the drought situation in southern Africa, by supporting the region in its drought preparedness and management strategies;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 041
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- Recognizing further the economic and cultural importance of sharks in many countries, the biological importance of sharks in the marine ecosystem as key predatory species, the vulnerability of certain shark species to overexploitation, the fact that some are threatened with extinction, the need for measures to promote the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of shark populations and fisheries, and the relevance of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1999, in providing guidance on the development of such measures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (2017), para. 21
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- Aware of the detrimental impact on Palestinian natural resources being caused by the unlawful construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and of its grave effect as well on the economic and social conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 066
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- 19. Notes with satisfaction the adoption of the Conservation Plan under the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 12 at the first Meeting of Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, held in Bonn, Germany, from 24 to 27 September 2012, and invites range States to consider signing and cooperating as partners, as referred to in the memorandum of understanding, and to consider associating themselves with the memorandum of understanding;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 205
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- 146. Reaffirms the importance it attaches to paragraphs 77 to 81 of resolution 60/31 of 29 November 2005 concerning the issue of lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear and related marine debris and the adverse impacts such debris and derelict fishing gear have on, inter alia, fish stocks, habitats and other marine species, and urges accelerated progress by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in implementing those paragraphs of the resolution;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife (2016), para. 03
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- Remaining concerned, therefore, about the increasing scale of poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products and its adverse economic, social an d environmental impacts,
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- Environment
- Violence
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- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation and coordinationfor the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan (2009), para. 08
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- Recognizing further that the Government of Kazakhstan may call upon the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan to render assistance conducting consultations for establishing a multi-stakeholders’ mechanism, with the participation of various government bodies, local governments, civil society, the donor community and international organizations, to improve governance and enable the more efficient use of resources allocated for the rehabilitation of the Semipalatinsk region, in particular regarding the areas of radiation safety, socio- economic development, health and environmental protection, and for the provision of information on risks to the population,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts (2009), para. 16
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- Welcoming, in this regard, the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in such a way as not to impede the legitimate trade in diamonds or impose an undue burden on Governments or industry, particularly smaller producers, nor hinder the development of the diamond industry,
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention andsettlement of conflicts (2002), para. 26
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- 7. Underlines the need, as an essential tool for the successful implementation of the proposed international certification scheme, for the collation and dissemination of relevant statistical data on the production of and international trade in rough diamonds;
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The law of transboundary aquifers (2013), para. 67
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- Protection and preservation of ecosystems
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- Environment
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Oil slick on Lebanese shores (2016), para. 14
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- 2. Reiterates, for the tenth consecutive year, its deep concern about the adverse implications of the destruction by the Israeli Air Force of the oil storage tanks in the direct vicinity of the Lebanese El-Jiyeh electric power plant for the achievement of sustainable development in Lebanon;
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (1997), para. 06
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- Welcoming the holding of the eleventh special session of the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean on 14 February 1997 in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, as well as the holding of the international seminar on the topic "Nuclear-weapon-free zones in the next century" in Mexico City on 13 and 14 February 1997,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Oil slick on Lebanese shores (2015), para. 07
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- Noting that the Secretary-General expressed grave concern at the lack of any acknowledgement on the part of the Government of Israel of its responsibilities vis-à-vis reparations and compensation to the Government and people of Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic affected by the oil spill,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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,
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency assistance to Belize (2001), para. 06
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- Conscious of the negative ecological impact of the hurricane on the coastal region and the inland rainforest,
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- Environment
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2001), para. 355
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- 5. Invites Member States to continue to cooperate with Mongolia in taking the necessary measures to consolidate and strengthen Mongolia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, the inviolability of its borders, its economic security, its ecological balance and its nuclear-weapon-free status, as well as its independent foreign policy;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (2019), para. 09
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- Recognizing the important contribution of the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, 3 Bangkok 4 and Pelindaba and the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, as well as the Antarctic Treaty 6 and the declaration by Mongolia of its nuclear- weapon-free status, to the achievement of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (1997), para. 11
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- 3. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, not to exploit, to cause loss and depletion of or to endanger the natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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