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Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 29
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- The right to freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive and impart information are contained in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This right is also enshrined in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as in several regional conventions and charters.
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- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1998), para. 11
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- (d) At the continuing threats to the life of Salman Rushdie, as well as to individuals associated with his work, which appear to have the support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and deeply regrets the increase announced in the bounty offered for the assassination of Mr. Rushdie by the 15 Khordad Foundation;
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- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Nuclear disarmament (2014), para. 24
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- Reaffirming also the specific mandate conferred upon the Disarmament Commission by the General Assembly, in its decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998, to discuss the subject of nuclear disarmament as one of its main substantive agenda items,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2020), para. 122
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- 105. Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to make every effort to enhance access to competitive examinations for applicants in all regions, including by organizing remote examinations and by bringing, to the extent possible, examination sites closer to their locations in order to allow the greatest number of potentially qualified candidates to participate in them, and to report to the General Assembly at its future sessions on progress made in this regard;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2002), para. 08
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- Noting that a demonstrated global record of safety is a key element for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and that continuous efforts are necessary to ensure that the human and technical elements of safety are maintained at the optimal level, and also noting that, although safety is a national responsibility, international cooperation on safety-related matters is indispensable,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (2008), para. 16
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- 1. Endorses the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its fifty-first session; 6
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2010), para. 116
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- 78. Takes note of the report on “UN Affairs” contained in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General, 19 18F and requests the Department of Public Information to continue the publication of the UN Chronicle, with a view to improving it further within existing resources, to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty- second session on progress in this matter and to submit options for publishing the UN Chronicle in all six official languages;
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- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2016), para. 093
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- 46. Encourages Member States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to address the above-mentioned issues within the mandate of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the Office in order for the Office to fulfil its mandate effectively, efficiently and with the appropriate resources;
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations ofInternational Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (2017), para. 05
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- 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- 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, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1998), para. 016
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- Aware of the usefulness both to the Territories and to the Special Committee of the participation of appointed and elected representatives of the Territories in the work of the Special Committee,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 264
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- 196. Notes with appreciation that, at its forty-third session, held in Nairobi from 11 to 13 April 2016, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change decided to prepare a special report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere; 83
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2004–2005 (2004), para. 02
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- 1. The Working Capital Fund shall be established for the biennium 2004–2005 in the amount of 100 million United States dollars;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2015), para. 252
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- 199. Also recalls that in “The future we want”, States stressed their concern about the potential environmental impacts of ocean fertilization, recalled in this regard the decisions related to ocean fertilization adopted by the relevant intergovernmental bodies, and resolved to continue addressing ocean fertilization with utmost caution, consistent with the precautionary approach;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2008), para. 24
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- 15. Notes that a referendum to determine the future status of Tokelau held in February 2006 failed to produce the two-thirds majority of the valid votes cast required by the General Fono to change Tokelau’s status from that of a Non-Self- Governing Territory under the administration of New Zealand;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Programme planning (2005), para. 45
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- 23. Requests the Secretary-General to schedule the organizational session of the forty-fifth session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination as soon as possible at the resumed session of the Fifth Committee at the fifty-ninth session;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2019), para. 001
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- The General Assembly,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009 (2008), para. 050
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- 36. Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat to include in its report on the evaluation of human resources management, as requested in its resolution 61/235, a comprehensive review of the implementation of the recruitment, promotion and mobility policies of United Nations staff over the past five years and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session in the context of human resources management;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Jerusalem (2003), para. 02
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- Recalling its resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947, in particular its provisions regarding the City of Jerusalem,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 68/1 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (2018), para. 41
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- 28. The Economic and Social Council should strengthen its oversight and coordination role of its subsidiary bodies. It should review their work with a view to ensuring their continued relevance. It will also ensure that they produce technical and expert analysis, assessments and policy recommendations to inform the integrated view of the Council and inform efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda. It should effectively integrate the outcomes of its subsidiary bodies into its own work.
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Harmony with Nature (2015), para. 32
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- 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventieth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Maintenance of international security – good- neighbourliness, stability and development in South- Eastern Europe (2004), para. 25
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- 10. Recognizes the efforts of the international community, and welcomes in particular the assistance already provided by the European Union and the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, as well as other contributors, in promoting the long- term process of democratic and economic development of the region;
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- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (2008), para. 4
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- Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999, by which the Council established the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent resolutions by which the Council revised and extended the mandate of the Mission, the latest of which was resolution 1610 (2005) of 30 June 2005, by which the Council extended the mandate of the Mission for a final period of six months until 31 December 2005,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (2018), para. 36
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- 13. Recalls the adoption by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of its resolution 574 (XXVII) of 16 May 1998, 4 calling for the necessary mechanisms for its associate members, including Non-Self-Governing Territories, to participate in the special sessions of the General Assembly, subject to the rules of procedure of the Assembly, to review and assess the implementation of the plans of action of those United Nations world conferences in which the Territories originally participated in the capacity of observer, and in the work of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2013), para. 24
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- 3. Proposes that the specialized agencies, organizations, programmes and funds of the United Nations system cooperate with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization with a view to jointly implementing programmes to achieve their goals, and in this regard recommends that the heads of such entities continue consultations with the Secretary-General of the United Nations;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2015), para. 35
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- 13. Notes with concern that the backlog in the preparation of volume III of the Repertory, although slightly reduced, has not been eliminated, and calls upon the Secretary-General to address that issue effectively and on a priority basis, while commending the Secretary-General for progress made in reducing the backlog;
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2018), para. 20
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- Taking note of the declaration of the annual ministerial meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries held at United Nations Headquarters on 20 September 2017 on the theme “Accelerating the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Towards a New International Economic Order (2013), para. 17
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- Recognizing that widespread financial deregulation has contributed to larger net capital outflows from developing countries to developed countries,
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- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2000), para. 16
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- 10. Expresses its appreciation for the contribution by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in implementing Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, including the establishment pursuant to that resolution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo as an essential part of the broader United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, responsible for institution-building, including the training of a new Kosovo police service, judicial personnel and civil administrators, the development of free media, democratization and governance, the organization and supervision of elections and the monitoring, protection and promotion of human rights, in cooperation with, inter alia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and stresses the commitment of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to the full implementation of resolution 1244 (1999);
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- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Internationalfinancial system and development (2008), para. 04
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- Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 3F 4
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Effects of atomic radiation (1994), para. 04
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- Reaffirming the desirability of the Scientific Committee continuing its work,
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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