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Disaster risk reduction (2020), para. 26
Feb 25, 2020
Feb 27, 2020
Paragraph
  • Disaster risk reduction (2020)
    1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 73/231 ; 13
    • United Nations General Assembly
    • Governance & Rule of Law
    • N.A.
    • 2020
    Pattern of conferences (2020), para. 064
    Feb 25, 2020
    Feb 27, 2020
    Paragraph
    • Pattern of conferences (2020)
      1. 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;
      • United Nations General Assembly
      • Gender
      • Governance & Rule of Law
      • N.A.
      • 2020
      Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (2020), para. 06
      Feb 25, 2020
      Feb 27, 2020
      Paragraph
      • Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (2020)

        Noting that in its decision 3/COP.14, 2 the Conference of the Parties to the Convention invited parties that have committed to voluntary land degradation neutrality targets to implement measures to accelerate the achievement thereof, by, inter alia, creating an enabling environment for the achievement of land degradation neutrality, including the responsible governance of land and tenure security, the engagement of stakeholders and the improved access of smallholders to advisory and financial services,

        • United Nations General Assembly
        • Environment
        • Governance & Rule of Law
        • N.A.
        • 2020
        Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2020), para. 05
        Feb 25, 2020
        Feb 27, 2020
        Paragraph
        • Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2020)

          Recalling further the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, the Durban Review Conference, held in Geneva from 20 to __________________ 24 April 2009, and the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, 4 and their role in the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights,

          • United Nations General Assembly
          • Equality & Inclusion
          • Governance & Rule of Law
          • All
          • 2020
          Freedom of religion or belief (2020), para. 12
          Feb 25, 2020
          Feb 27, 2020
          Paragraph
          • Freedom of religion or belief (2020)

            Concerned also by the increasing number of laws and regulations that limit the freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief and by the implementation of existing laws in a discriminatory manner,

            • United Nations General Assembly
            • Equality & Inclusion
            • Social & Cultural Rights
            • All
            • 2020
            Promoting technical assistance and capacity-building to strengthen national measures and international cooperation to combat cybercrime, including information-sharing (2020), para. 07
            Feb 25, 2020
            Feb 27, 2020
            Paragraph
            • Promoting technical assistance and capacity-building to strengthen national measures and international cooperation to combat cybercrime, including information-sharing (2020)

              Noting that the Expert Group will dedicate its next meeting to international cooperation and prevention, taking into account the information on those issues in the draft comprehensive study on cybercrime, comments submitted by Member States and recent developments at the national and international levels,

              • United Nations General Assembly
              • Governance & Rule of Law
              • N.A.
              • 2020
              Rights of indigenous peoples (2020), para. 27
              Feb 25, 2020
              Feb 27, 2020
              Paragraph
              • Rights of indigenous peoples (2020)

                Commending Member States, cultural and educational institutions, museums, indigenous peoples and civil society for their efforts to combat the illicit trade in indigenous peoples’ cultural property, and welcoming all initiatives, whether by States, institutions or private persons, for the voluntary return of indigenous peoples’ cultural property that has been illicitly appropriated,

                • United Nations General Assembly
                • Education
                • Social & Cultural Rights
                • Ethnic minorities
                • 2020
                Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar (2020), para. 43
                Feb 25, 2020
                Feb 27, 2020
                Paragraph
                • Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar (2020)

                  (c) To expedite efforts to eliminate statelessness and the systematic and institutionalized discrimination against members of ethnic and religious minorities, in particular relating to Rohingya Muslims, by, inter alia, reviewing the 1982 Citizenship Law, which has led to deprivation of human rights, by ensuring equal access to full citizenship through a transparent, voluntary and accessible procedure and to all civil and political rights, by allowing for self-identification, by amending or repealing all discriminatory legislation and policies, including discriminatory provisions of the set of “protection of race and religion laws” enacted in 2015 covering religious conversion, interfaith marriage, monogamy and population control, and by lifting all local orders restricting rights to freedom of movement and access to civil registration, health and education services and livelihoods;

                  • United Nations General Assembly
                  • Equality & Inclusion
                  • Governance & Rule of Law
                  • Social & Cultural Rights
                  • Ethnic minorities
                  • 2020
                  International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2020), para. 22
                  Feb 25, 2020
                  Feb 27, 2020
                  Paragraph
                  • International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2020)
                    1. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to increase their intensive efforts to assist States in becoming parties to the Convention, including by supporting the actions of States to ratify the Convention, providing technical and capacity-building assistance to States and civil society and raising awareness about the Convention, with a view to achieving universal adherence;
                    • United Nations General Assembly
                    • Governance & Rule of Law
                    • N.A.
                    • 2020
                    Human resources development (2020), para. 41
                    Feb 25, 2020
                    Feb 27, 2020
                    Paragraph
                    • Human resources development (2020)
                      1. Stresses that human resources development strategies should include measures aimed at reducing unemployment and underemployment among young men and women and the long-term unemployed, who have been disproportionately affected by slow growth in jobs recovery and by labour-displacing technological changes, and to integrate underutilized human resources into the labour market through policies that promote skills development and productivity, facilitate adaptation during transition periods and reduce barriers to employment, including gender barriers, including by providing incentives, as appropriate, for recruiting, retaining and retooling, assistance in job-finding, job-matching and vocational and on-the-job training, and by promoting, inter alia, youth entrepreneurship;
                      • United Nations General Assembly
                      • Gender
                      • Men
                      • Women
                      • Youth
                      • 2020
                      Protection of migrants (2020), para. 08
                      Feb 25, 2020
                      Feb 27, 2020
                      Paragraph
                      • Protection of migrants (2020)

                        Recalling further the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, adopted at the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 10 and 11 December 2018, and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 73/195 of 19 December 2018,

                        • United Nations General Assembly
                        • Governance & Rule of Law
                        • Movement
                        • Persons on the move
                        • 2020
                        United Nations common system (2020), para. 27
                        Feb 25, 2020
                        Feb 27, 2020
                        Paragraph
                        • United Nations common system (2020)

                          Reaffirming paragraph 1 of section I.B of its resolution 72/255 , in which it approved the principles and guidelines for performance appraisal and management for the recognition of different levels of performance,

                          • United Nations General Assembly
                          • Equality & Inclusion
                          • Governance & Rule of Law
                          • All
                          • N.A.
                          • 2020
                          Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism (2020), para. 38
                          Feb 25, 2020
                          Feb 27, 2020
                          Paragraph
                          • Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism (2020)
                            1. Also calls upon Member States to strengthen their border management so as to effectively prevent the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and terrorist groups, and requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to provide technical assistance to that end to requesting States;
                            • United Nations General Assembly
                            • Environment
                            • Movement
                            • N.A.
                            • 2020
                            Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 71
                            Feb 25, 2020
                            Feb 27, 2020
                            Paragraph
                            • Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020)
                              1. Recognizes that sustainable food systems have a fundamental role to play in promoting healthy diets and improving nutrition and preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases, and welcomes the formulation and implementation of national policies aimed at eradicating malnutrition in all its forms and transforming food systems so as to make nutritious diets, including traditional healthy diets, available to all, while reaffirming that health, water and sanitation systems must be strengthened simultaneously to end malnutrition;
                              • United Nations General Assembly
                              • Food & Nutrition
                              • Health
                              • Water & Sanitation
                              • All
                              • 2020
                              International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020), para. 127
                              Feb 25, 2020
                              Feb 27, 2020
                              Paragraph
                              • International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020)
                                1. Calls upon Member States to also consider, when developing comprehensive policies to tackle the world drug problem, measures, programmes and actions that address the needs of those affected by drug-related violence and crime;
                                • United Nations General Assembly
                                • Governance & Rule of Law
                                • Health
                                • Violence
                                • All
                                • 2020
                                Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies (2020), para. 33
                                Feb 25, 2020
                                Feb 27, 2020
                                Paragraph
                                • Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies (2020)
                                  1. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to provide information to the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present resolution as a possible contribution to his report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session on the implementation of resolution 73/24 of 3 December 2018 on sport as an enabler of sustainable development;
                                  • United Nations General Assembly
                                  • Governance & Rule of Law
                                  • Health
                                  • All
                                  • 2020
                                  Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for 2020 (2020), para. 04
                                  Feb 25, 2020
                                  Feb 27, 2020
                                  Paragraph
                                  • Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for 2020 (2020)

                                    (b) Such commitments as the President of the International Court of Justice certifies relate to expenses occasioned by:

                                    • United Nations General Assembly
                                    • Governance & Rule of Law
                                    • N.A.
                                    • 2020
                                    Disaster risk reduction (2020), para. 08
                                    Feb 25, 2020
                                    Feb 27, 2020
                                    Paragraph
                                    • Disaster risk reduction (2020)

                                      Recognizing the need for a broader and a more people-centred preventive approach to disaster risk and that disaster risk reduction practices need to be multi-hazard and multisectoral, inclusive and accessible in order to be efficient and effective,

                                      • United Nations General Assembly
                                      • Humanitarian
                                      • All
                                      • 2020
                                      Disaster risk reduction (2020), para. 15
                                      Feb 25, 2020
                                      Feb 27, 2020
                                      Paragraph
                                      • Disaster risk reduction (2020)

                                        Recognizing also that disasters, many of which are exacerbated by climate change and are increasing in frequency and intensity, significantly impede progress towards sustainable development,

                                        • United Nations General Assembly
                                        • Environment
                                        • All
                                        • 2020
                                        Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (2020), para. 14
                                        Feb 25, 2020
                                        Feb 27, 2020
                                        Paragraph
                                        • Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (2020)

                                          Emphasizing that universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all is an integral part of poverty eradication and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and that the increased use and promotion of new and renewable energy, including in off-grid and decentralized systems, and energy efficiency could make a significant contribution in that regard,

                                          • United Nations General Assembly
                                          • Environment
                                          • All
                                          • 2020
                                          International Day of Banks (2020), para. 02
                                          Feb 25, 2020
                                          Feb 27, 2020
                                          Paragraph
                                          • International Day of Banks (2020)

                                            Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,

                                            • United Nations General Assembly
                                            • Environment
                                            • Equality & Inclusion
                                            • Poverty
                                            • N.A.
                                            • 2020
                                            Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2020), para. 09
                                            Feb 25, 2020
                                            Feb 27, 2020
                                            Paragraph
                                            • Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2020)

                                              Reaffirming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito from 17 to 20 October 2016, 6 and recognizing the importance of sustainable urban development for landlocked developing countries,

                                              • United Nations General Assembly
                                              • Social & Cultural Rights
                                              • All
                                              • 2020
                                              The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2020), para. 30
                                              Feb 25, 2020
                                              Feb 27, 2020
                                              Paragraph
                                              • The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2020)

                                                Deeply concerned by the specific risks faced by women journalists in relation to their work, in non-conflict as well as in armed conflict situations, where they continue to be targeted at alarming rates, underlining in this context the importance of taking a gender-sensitive approach when considering measures to address the safety of journalists and media workers, including in the online sphere, in particular to effectively tackle gender-based discrimination, violence, abuse and harassment, including sexual harassment, threats and intimidation, as well as inequality and gender-based stereotypes, to enable women to enter and remain in journalism on terms of equality and non-discrimination while ensuring their greatest possible safety, and to ensure that the experiences and concerns of women journalists are effectively addressed and gender stereotypes in the media are adequately tackled,

                                                • United Nations General Assembly
                                                • Equality & Inclusion
                                                • Gender
                                                • Humanitarian
                                                • Violence
                                                • Women
                                                • 2020
                                                International trade and development (2020), para. 05
                                                Feb 25, 2020
                                                Feb 27, 2020
                                                Paragraph
                                                • International trade and development (2020)

                                                  Reaffirming World Trade Organization decision WT/MIN(15)/48-WT/L/982 of 19 December 2015 on the implementation of preferential treatment in favour of services and service suppliers of least developed countries and increasing their participation in services trade and decision WT/L/508/Add.1 of 25 July 2012 on accession by the least developed countries, encouraging progress on the implementation of the World Trade Organization work programme on small economies, which supports their efforts towards sustainable development, as also reflected in the outcome document of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, 1 and stressing that Aid for Trade and targeted trade-related capacity- building are essential to integrating developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small isla nd developing States, into the international trading system,

                                                  • United Nations General Assembly
                                                  • Equality & Inclusion
                                                  • Governance & Rule of Law
                                                  • N.A.
                                                  • 2020
                                                  Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2020), para. 65
                                                  Feb 25, 2020
                                                  Feb 27, 2020
                                                  Paragraph
                                                  • Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2020)
                                                    1. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its seventy-fifth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
                                                    • United Nations General Assembly
                                                    • Governance & Rule of Law
                                                    • All
                                                    • N.A.
                                                    • 2020
                                                    Education for Justice and the rule of law in the context of sustainable development (2020), para. 20
                                                    Feb 25, 2020
                                                    Feb 27, 2020
                                                    Paragraph
                                                    • Education for Justice and the rule of law in the context of sustainable development (2020)
                                                      1. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to report on its activities to promote education on justice in the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Doha Declaration to be submitted at the Fou rteenth Congress;
                                                      • United Nations General Assembly
                                                      • Education
                                                      • Governance & Rule of Law
                                                      • N.A.
                                                      • 2020
                                                      Protection of migrants (2020), para. 74
                                                      Feb 25, 2020
                                                      Feb 27, 2020
                                                      Paragraph
                                                      • Protection of migrants (2020)
                                                        1. Encourages Member States that have not already done so to enact national legislation and to take further effective measures to combat human trafficking and smuggling of migrants, recognizing that these crimes may endanger the lives of migrants or subject them to harm, servitude, exploitation, debt bondage, slavery, sexual exploitation or forced labour, and also encourages Member States to strengthen international cooperation to prevent, investigate and combat such trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants and to identify and disrupt financial flows related to these activities;
                                                        • United Nations General Assembly
                                                        • Governance & Rule of Law
                                                        • Movement
                                                        • Violence
                                                        • Persons on the move
                                                        • 2020
                                                        Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020), para. 101
                                                        Feb 25, 2020
                                                        Feb 27, 2020
                                                        Paragraph
                                                        • Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020)
                                                          1. Urges all Member States to provide the fullest possible financial and political support to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime by widening its donor base and increasing voluntary contributions, in particular general -purpose contributions, so as to enable it to continue, expand, improve and strengthen, within its mandates, its research, operational and technical cooperation activities;
                                                          • United Nations General Assembly
                                                          • Governance & Rule of Law
                                                          • Health
                                                          • N.A.
                                                          • 2020
                                                          Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B, , and (2020), para. 04
                                                          Feb 25, 2020
                                                          Feb 27, 2020
                                                          Paragraph
                                                          • Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B, , and (2020)
                                                            1. Reaffirms its resolutions 48/218 B, , and
                                                            • United Nations General Assembly
                                                            • Governance & Rule of Law
                                                            • N.A.
                                                            • 2020
                                                            Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development (2020), para. 14
                                                            Feb 25, 2020
                                                            Feb 27, 2020
                                                            Paragraph
                                                            • Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development (2020)

                                                              Recognizing the contribution of the integrated coastal zone management approach in the promotion of sustainable development in various areas, including sustainable tourism,

                                                              • United Nations General Assembly
                                                              • Environment
                                                              • Movement
                                                              • All
                                                              • 2020

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