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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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Right to food 2001, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international level, is the essential foundation which will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
The right to development 2001, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the commitment made by the heads of State and Government in the United Nations Millennium Declaration to make the right to development a reality for everyone and their resolve to create an environment, at the national and global levels alike, which is conducive to development and to the elimination of poverty, and their commitment to spare no effort to promote good governance and democracy and to strengthen the rule of law as well as respect for all universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Right to food 2002, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the essential foundation which will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
The right to development 2002, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes also the need at the national level for strong partnerships with civil society organizations, including the private sector, in pursuit of poverty eradication and development, as well as for good corporate governance; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Right to food 2003, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
The right to development 2003, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the need for strong partnerships with civil society organizations and the private sector in pursuit of poverty eradication and development, as well as for good corporate governance; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Right to food 2004, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Right to food 2005, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Right to food 2008, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate priority to food security and poverty eradication, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The right to development 2016, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further that poverty is an affront to human dignity, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas 2012, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Gravely concerned that hunger, like poverty, is still predominantly a rural problem, and that in the rural population it is those who produce food who suffer disproportionately, and alarmed that 80 per cent of people suffering from hunger live in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, and 50 per cent are small-scale and traditional farm holders, and that these people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, discrimination and exploitation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas 2014, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Gravely concerned that hunger, like poverty, is still predominantly a rural problem, and that in the rural population it is those who produce food who suffer disproportionately, and alarmed that 75 per cent of people suffering from hunger live in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, and 50 per cent are small-scale and traditional farm holders, as well as subsistence farmers, and that they are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, malnutrition, discrimination and exploitation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas 2015, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Gravely concerned that hunger, like poverty, is still predominantly a rural problem, and that in the rural population it is those who produce food who suffer disproportionately, and alarmed that 75 per cent of people suffering from hunger live in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, and 50 per cent are small-scale and traditional farm holders, as well as subsistence farmers, and that they are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, malnutrition, discrimination and exploitation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The right to food 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for her or his health and well-being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing concern also that the multiple and complex causes of the food crises that occur in different regions of the world, affecting developing countries, especially net food importers, and their consequences for food security and nutrition require a comprehensive and coordinated response in the short, medium and long term by national Governments, civil society, the private sector and the international community, reiterating that the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition are poverty, inequity and lack of access to resources and income-earning opportunities, and remaining concerned that excessively volatile food prices can pose a serious challenge to the fight against poverty and hunger and to the efforts of developing countries to attain food security and improved nutrition and to achieve internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to ending hunger and malnutrition, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that 80 per cent of hungry people live in rural areas and 50 per cent are small-scale farm-holders, and that these people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, given the increasing cost of inputs and the fall in farm incomes; that access to land, water, seeds and other natural resources is an increasing challenge for poor producers; and that support by States for small farmers, fishing communities and local enterprises is an element key to food security and provision of the right to food; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2016, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, which requires a multifaceted and integrated approach, and committed to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions - economic, social and environmental - in a balanced and integrated manner, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to development 2015, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, which requires a multifaceted and integrated approach, and committed to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2013, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned about the interrelatedness between poverty and the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in particular the fact that ill health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas 2017, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Gravely concerned that hunger, like poverty, is still predominantly a rural problem, and that in the rural population it is those who produce food who suffer disproportionately, and alarmed that 75 per cent of people suffering from hunger live in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, and 50 per cent are small-scale and traditional farm holders, as well as subsistence farmers, and that they are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, malnutrition, discrimination and exploitation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the need to strive for a comprehensive twin-track approach to food security and nutrition that consists of direct action to immediately tackle hunger for the most vulnerable and medium- and long-term sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development programmes to eliminate the root causes of hunger and poverty, including through the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Rights of the child 2004, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States and the international community to cooperate, support and participate in the global efforts for poverty eradication at the global, regional and country levels, recognizing that strengthened availability and effective allocation of resources are required at all of these levels, in order to ensure that all the development and poverty reduction goals, as set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, are realized within their time framework, and to promote the enjoyment of the rights of the child; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that the world missed meeting the sanitation component of Millennium Development Goal 7 by almost 700 million people, and that more than 2.4 billion people still do not have access to improved sanitation facilities, including more than 946 million people who, as at 2015, still practise open defecation, which is one of the clearest manifestations of poverty and extreme poverty, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to development 1999, para. 3b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also reaffirms that democracy, development and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and in this context affirms that:] For peace and stability to endure, national and international action and cooperation are required to promote a better life for all in larger freedom, a critical element of which is the eradication of poverty; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Right to food 2006, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that improving access to productive resources and public investment in rural development is essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investments in appropriate, small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2006, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also that extreme poverty and hunger are a global threat that requires the collective commitment of the international community for its eradication, pursuant to millennium development goal 1, and therefore calling upon the international community, including the Human Rights Council, to contribute towards achieving that goal, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that improving access to productive resources and public investment in rural development is essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investments in appropriate, small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also that extreme poverty and hunger are the greatest global threat that requires the collective commitment of the international community for its eradication, pursuant to millennium development goal 1, and therefore calling upon the international community, including the Human Rights Council, to contribute towards achieving that goal, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that improving access to productive resources and public investment in rural development are essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investments in appropriate small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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