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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies, in order to significantly reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition, and welcoming also the various national, regional and international initiatives on all the Millennium Development Goals, including those undertaken bilaterally and through South-South cooperation, in support of national plans and strategies in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, energy, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition as a way to reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to significantly scale up efforts to meet the goal of ensuring universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, free of discrimination and with a gender perspective, and the goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV and AIDS by 2015, in particular by integrating HIV and AIDS interventions into programmes for primary health care, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal, neonatal and child health, including by strengthening efforts to eliminate the vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child, and by preventing and treating other sexually transmitted infections, and encouraging responsible sexual behaviour, including abstinence and fidelity, and expanded access to essential commodities, including male and female condoms and microbicides, through the adoption of measures to reduce costs and improve availability; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing deep concern that some nine million children under five years of age die every year from conditions that are largely preventable and treatable and, in that context, reaffirming the objectives of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development concerning the reduction of infant and child mortality, and recognizing the importance of promotion and respect for the rights of the child for the achievement of health-related goals, in particular Millennium Development Goal 4, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to scale up significantly efforts to meet the goal of ensuring universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, and the goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015, particularly by integrating HIV/AIDS interventions into programmes for primary health care, sexual and reproductive health, and mother and child health, by strengthening efforts to eliminate the mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and by preventing and treating other sexually transmitted diseases; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Governments, supported by international cooperation and partnerships, to expand to the greatest extent possible the capacity to deliver comprehensive HIV/AIDS programmes in ways that strengthen existing national health and social systems, including by integrating HIV/AIDS intervention into programmes for primary health care, mother and child health, sexual and reproductive health and nutrition, programmes addressing tuberculosis, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections and programmes for children affected, orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, as well as into formal and informal education; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need for greater coordination, global cooperation and commitment to achieving universal access to health services for women and children through a primary health-care approach and evidence-based interventions and to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, including through the provision of sexual and reproductive health-care services, including family planning services, in line with the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Cairo Programme of Action, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that every effort should be made by Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively, to place combating HIV/AIDS as a priority on the development agenda and to implement effective prevention strategies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable populations, including women, young girls and infants, also taking into account prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing deep concern that more than half a million women and adolescent girls die every year from largely preventable complications related to pregnancy or childbirth; that, for every death, the World Health Organization has assessed that an estimated twenty additional women and girls suffer from pregnancy-related and childbirth-related injury, disability, infection and disease, that over 200 million women worldwide lack access to safe, affordable and effective forms of contraception, and that complications from pregnancy and childbirth are one of the leading causes of death for women between the ages of 15 and 19, in particular in many developing countries, and expressing grave concern over the almost nine million children — four million of them newborns — who will die in 2010, chiefly from preventable causes, and that children whose mothers die are ten times more likely to die within two years, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 33 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive and takes note of the Secretary-General's Every Woman, Every Child initiative, as well as national, regional and international initiatives contributing to reduction of the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths, and urges Governments to rapidly scale up access to HIV prevention and treatment programmes integrated with family planning and maternal and child health programmes designed to eliminate mother-to-child/vertical transmission of HIV and reduce HIV-related maternal mortality by 50 per cent by 2015, to encourage men to participate with women in such programmes, address barriers faced by women and girls in accessing such programmes and provide sustained treatment and care for the mother after pregnancy, including care and support for the family; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Member States, in cooperation with the international community and civil society, to improve systems to register pregnancies, births and deaths and to support improved public health infrastructure for the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on the burden of maternal morbidity and mortality and its causes at the national and subnational level, including through the use of mobile technologies, where appropriate; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its strong commitment to the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (“Cairo Programme of Action”), adopted in 1994, and the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, adopted in 1995, the outcomes of their review conferences and commitments regarding the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality and universal access to reproductive health, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome, reaffirming its resolution 54/5 of 12 March 2010 and recalling other relevant United Nations resolutions, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 11/8 of 17 June 2009, 15/17 of 30 September 2010 and 18/2 of 28 September 2011, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need for greater coordination and commitment to improving access to health services for women and children through a primary health-care approach and the provision of proven and well-known evidence-based interventions and to reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality and morbidity, including through a continuum of services, including family planning, prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and post-partum care, including for those living in poverty and in underserved rural areas, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the importance of Governments, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and other United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes developing and implementing strategies to improve infant HIV diagnosis, including through access to diagnostics at point of care, significantly increasing and improving access to treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV, including access to prophylaxis and treatments for opportunistic infections, and promoting a smooth transition from paediatric to adult treatment and related support and services, while taking into account the need to put in place programmes focused on delivering services to HIV-negative children born to women living with HIV, as they are still at high risk of morbidity and mortality; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon those Member States that have made commitments to advance the Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners in support of national plans and strategies, to implement their commitments to significantly reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-age-five deaths, as a matter of immediate concern, including, as appropriate, by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in such areas as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition, and encourages those States that have not yet done so to consider making such commitments; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the need for intense health and intersectoral efforts with a high level of political commitment, calls upon Member States to accelerate progress in order to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by addressing reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in a comprehensive manner, inter alia, through the provision of family planning services, prenatal care, post-natal care, skilled attendants at birth, emergency obstetric and newborn care and methods of preventing and treating sexually transmitted diseases and infections, such as HIV, within strengthened health systems that provide accessible and affordable integrated health-care services and include community-based preventive and clinical care, and urges Member States to use their stewardship and leadership to involve other institutions and sectors in order to strengthen capacity to achieve a greater reduction in preventable maternal mortality in the context of improving the continuum of maternal and child health; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing concern about the slow pace of progress in improving maternal, newborn and child health and the inadequate resources for their health, and noting the growing inequalities between and within Member States, the lack of appreciation of the impact of maternal, newborn and child health on sustainable socio-economic development, and the continuing need to address gender inequalities, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Member States to integrate HIV/AIDS interventions into programmes for primary health care, sexual and reproductive health, and mother and child health, including strengthening efforts to eliminate the mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and encourages the international community, especially the Global Fund to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, to support these efforts; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the commitment to working towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015 and substantially reducing AIDS-related maternal deaths, and urges Member States to ensure that women and girls of childbearing age have access to HIV prevention services and that pregnant women have access to antenatal care, information, HIV counselling and other HIV-related services, and to increase the availability of and access to effective prevention and treatment for women living with HIV and their infants, and in this regard welcomes the contribution of the Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing concern about the slow pace of progress in improving maternal, newborn and child health and the inadequate resources for their health, and noting the continuing inequalities among and within Member States, the lack of appreciation of the impact of maternal, newborn and child health on sustainable socio-economic development and the continuing need to address gender inequalities, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges government authorities and other leaders at the international, regional, national and local levels to generate the political will, increased resources, commitment, international cooperation and technical assistance urgently required to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and improve maternal and newborn health; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that children and adolescents are more likely to be lost to care and that those on antiretroviral medication are less likely than adults to reach viral load suppression and that there are many challenges in diagnosing and treating infants, children and adolescents, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting that, during a natural disaster, pregnant or lactating women and adolescent girls, who constitute an average of 18 to 20 per cent of the female population, are more vulnerable to disasters because of their limited physical mobility and their increased needs for food and water and for access to reproductive health care and safe birthing facilities, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges government authorities and other leaders at the international, regional, national and local levels to generate the political will, increased resources, commitment, international cooperation and technical assistance urgently required to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and improve maternal and newborn health; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its strong commitment to the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (“Cairo Programme of Action”),adopted in 1994, and the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, adopted in 1995, and the outcomes of their review conferences and commitments regarding the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality and universal access to reproductive health, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome, and recalling other relevant United Nations resolutions, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to hold, at its fifty-fifth session, an expert panel discussion on the elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women, including oral briefings by and an interactive discussion with the relevant United Nations funds and programmes, agencies and offices, including the World Bank, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society, such as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the Global Fund to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the importance of governments, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and other United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes in developing and implementing strategies to improve infant HIV diagnosis, including through access to diagnostics at the point of care, significantly increasing and improving access to treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV, including access to prophylaxis and treatments for opportunistic infections, and promoting a smooth transition from paediatric to adult treatment and related support and services, while taking into account the need to put in place programmes focused on delivering services to HIV-negative children born to women living with HIV, as they are still at high risk of morbidity and mortality, and developing actions to limit post-delivery transmission through breastfeeding through the provision of information and education; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 17d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To promote an educational setting that eliminates all barriers that impede the schooling of pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Rights of the child 2000, para. 15a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including by the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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Rights of the child 2003, para. 13a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To continue to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children, irrespective of their status, immediately after birth, including by the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Rights of the child 2004, para. 17c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular to enable them to continue and complete their education; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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