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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its previous resolutions on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recommitting to ensuring that no country or person is left behind and to focusing our effort where the challenges are greatest, including by ensuring the inclusion and participation of those who are furthest behind, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the work of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund in the 2017 update published by their Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its resolution 71/222 of 21 December 2016, by which it proclaimed the period 2018–2028 the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming all previous resolutions of the Human Rights Council regarding the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, inter alia, Council resolution 33/10 of 29 September 2016, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 35 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also encourages countries to give due consideration to the dissemination, promotion and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security, adopted by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2004; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Remains deeply concerned about the recurring food insecurity and malnutrition in different regions of the world and their ongoing negative impact on health and nutrition, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia, and in this regard underlines the urgent need for joint efforts at all levels to respond to the situation in a coherent and effective manner; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 39 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reiterating the pledge that no one will be left behind, reaffirming the recognition that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, and the wish to see the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 35 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to increase responsible public and private investment in the agriculture sector, inter alia, to find inclusive solutions to and fight hunger and malnutrition and to promote rural and urban sustainable development, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the importance of initiatives under the United Nations system, including the observance of World Pulses Day, World Tuna Day, Sustainable Gastronomy Day, World Bee Day, the International Year of Camelids and the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–2028, aimed at increasing public awareness of relevant agriculture, food security and nutritional benefits, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 32 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that livestock contributes 40 per cent of the global value of agricultural output and supports the livelihoods and food security of almost 1.3 billion people, and in this regard acknowledging that the sector offers opportunities for sustainable agricultural development, poverty eradication and food security gains, and offers an opportunity for raising climate awareness, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing its concern that, according to the Global Report on Food Crises 2017, the number of people facing crisis-level food insecurity or worse has increased dramatically, up from almost 80 million in 2015 to 108 million in 2016 in countries affected by, inter alia, conflict, environmental factors, including natural disasters, and excessive food price volatility, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the launch of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme under the 10?Year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns, an inclusive initiative to accelerate the shift towards more sustainable food systems, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To provide for effective accountability mechanisms for all water and sanitation service providers, including private sector providers, to ensure that they respect human rights and do not cause or contribute to human rights violations or abuses; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, as components of the right to an adequate standard of living, are essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life and all human rights; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 28 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and are inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as to the right to life and human dignity, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the responsibility of States to ensure the promotion and protection of all human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirming the importance of regional and international technical cooperation, where appropriate, as a means to promote the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, without any prejudice to questions of international water law, including international watercourse law, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirming the importance of continually improving the availability of high-quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data on progress related to safe drinking water and sanitation services as an indispensable means for States to plan for, implement and monitor the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that 4.5 billion people lack a safely managed sanitation service, 2.3 billion people still lack even a basic sanitation service and 892 million people worldwide still practise open defecation, which is one of the clearest manifestations of poverty and extreme poverty, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming also the fact that, according to the Joint Monitoring Programme report, an estimated 71 per cent of the global population uses a safely managed drinking water service system, while being deeply concerned, however, that 12 per cent of the global population still lacks even a basic drinking water service, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also 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, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its resolutions 64/292 of 28 July 2010, in which it recognized the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights, and 70/169 of 17 December 2015, entitled “The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation”, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 48 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other United Nations bodies and agencies, as well as relevant intergovernmental and civil society organizations, including non?governmental organizations, to commemorate, on 26 June, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note with appreciation of the interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the legal, ethical, scientific and practical arguments against the use of torture, other ill-treatment and coercive methods during interviews of suspects, victims, witnesses and other persons in various investigative contexts and his report on whether and in which circumstances the extra-custodial use of force by State agents amounts to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and how the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment applies to the development, acquisition, trade and use of weapons in law enforcement, encourages him to continue to include, in his recommendations, proposals on the prevention and investigation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including its gender-based manifestations, requests him to continue to consider including in his reports information on the follow-up by States to his recommendations, visits and communications, including progress made and problems encountered, and on other official contacts, and further encourages future collaboration between practitioners, experts and other relevant stakeholders towards these goals; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 35 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention against Torture and to give early consideration to signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol thereto as a matter of priority; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also urges States to establish, maintain, facilitate or support rehabilitation centres or facilities where victims can receive such treatment and where effective measures for ensuring the safety of their staff and patients are taken; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that national legal systems must ensure that victims of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment have effective access to justice and obtain redress, and that the complainants and witnesses are protected against all ill-treatment or intimidation as a consequence of making a complaint or giving evidence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon all States to adopt a gender-sensitive approach in the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, paying special attention to gender-based violence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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