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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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The right to development 1999, para. 3c | 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:] The full realization of the right to development must be addressed within a global context through a constructive, dialogue-based approach, with objectivity, respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity, impartiality, non-selectivity and transparency as the guiding principles, taking into account the political, historical, social, religious and cultural characteristics of each country; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
The right to development 1999, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the need for the Secretary-General to continue to give high priority to the right to development, and urges all States to promote further the right to development, as a vital element in a balanced human rights programme; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
The right to development 2002, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes also the important link between the international economic, commercial and financial spheres and the realization of the right to development and, in this regard, stresses the need to broaden the base of decision-making at the international level on issues of development concern and to fill organizational gaps, as well as strengthen the United Nations system and other multilateral institutions, and also stresses the need to broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries and economies in transition in international economic decision-making and norm-setting; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2002, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that good governance and the rule of law at the national level assist all States in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the right to development, and agrees on the value of the ongoing efforts being made by States to identify and strengthen good governance practices, including transparent, responsible, accountable and participatory government, that are responsive and appropriate to their needs and aspirations, including in the context of agreed partnership approaches to development, capacity-building and technical assistance; | 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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Right to food 2004, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the work already done by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in promoting the right to adequate food, in particular its general comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food (article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), in which the Committee affirmed, inter alia, that the right to adequate food is indivisibly linked to the inherent dignity of the human person and is indispensable for the fulfilment of other human rights enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights, and is also inseparable from social justice, requiring the adoption of appropriate economic, environmental and social policies, at both the national and the international levels, oriented to the eradication of poverty and the fulfilment of all human rights for all; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, and invites once again all international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security6 and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;4 | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages all States to take steps with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the right to food, including steps to promote the conditions for everyone to be free from hunger and, as soon as possible, to enjoy fully the right to food, and to create and adopt national plans to combat hunger, and recognizes in this regard the great efforts and positive developments with respect to the right to food in some developing countries and regions, including those highlighted in the interim report of the Special Rapporteur; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also reaffirms the need for an international environment that is conducive to the realization of the right to development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and the international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that hunger constitutes an outrage and a violation of human dignity and therefore requires the adoption of urgent measures at the national, regional and international levels for its elimination; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, and invites once again all international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security5 and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;3 | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 30 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary human and financial resources for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the work already done by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in promoting the right to adequate food, in particular its General Comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food (article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), in which the Committee affirmed, inter alia, that the right to adequate food is indivisibly linked to the inherent dignity of the human person and is indispensable for the fulfilment of other human rights enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights, and is also inseparable from social justice, requiring the adoption of appropriate economic, environmental and social policies, at both the national and the international levels, oriented to the eradication of poverty and the fulfilment of all human rights for all; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 38 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-fourth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The right to development 2009, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also reaffirms the need for an international environment that is conducive to the realization of the right to development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to development 2009, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and the international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to development 2009, para. 10c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also stresses that it is important that the high-level task force and the Working Group, in the discharge of their mandates, take into account the need:] To strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and realization of the right to development at the international level, while urging all States to undertake at the national level the necessary policy formulation and to institute the measures required for the implementation of the right to development as an integral part of fundamental human rights, and also urging all States to expand and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development in the context of promoting effective international cooperation for the realization of the right to development, bearing in mind that lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires effective development policies at the national level and a favourable economic environment at the international level; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to development 2010, para. 35 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the urgent need for taking concrete and effective measures to prevent, combat and criminalize all forms of corruption at all levels, to prevent, detect and deter in a more effective manner international transfers of illicitly acquired assets and to strengthen international cooperation in asset recovery, consistent with the principles of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, particularly chapter V thereof, stresses the importance of a genuine political commitment on the part of all Governments through a firm legal framework, and in this context urges States to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible and States parties to implement it effectively; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to development 2011, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also reaffirms the need for an international environment that is conducive to the realization of the right to development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
The right to development 2011, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and the international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
The right to development 2011, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its deep concern, in this regard, about the negative impact on the realization of the right to development due to the further aggravation of the economic and social situation, in particular of developing countries, as a result of the ongoing international energy, food and financial crises, as well as the increasing challenges posed by global climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities and have adversely affected development gains, in particular in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
The right to development 2013, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also reaffirms the need for an international environment that is conducive to the realization of the right to development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The right to development 2013, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The right to development 2013, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its deep concern, in this regard, about the negative impact on the realization of the right to development due to the further aggravation of the economic and social situation, in particular of developing countries, as a result of the ongoing international energy, food and financial crises, as well as the increasing challenges posed by global climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities and have adversely affected development gains, in particular in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The right to development 2013, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the important link between the international economic, commercial and financial spheres and the realization of the right to development, stresses in this regard the need for good governance and for broadening the base of decision-making at the international level on issues of development concern and the need to fill organizational gaps, as well as to strengthen the United Nations system and other multilateral institutions, and also stresses the need to broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in international economic decision-making and norm-setting; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The right to development 2016, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to development 2016, para. 42 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the urgent need to take concrete and effective measures to prevent, combat and criminalize all forms of corruption at all levels, to prevent, detect and deter in a more effective manner international transfers of illicitly acquired assets and to strengthen international cooperation in asset recovery, consistent with the principles of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, particularly chapter V thereof, stresses the importance of a genuine political commitment on the part of all Governments through a firm legal framework, and in this context urges States to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible and States parties to implement it effectively; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to development 2015, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirms that, while globalization offers both opportunities and challenges, the process of globalization remains deficient in achieving the objectives of integrating all countries into a globalized world, stresses the need for policies and measures at the national and global levels to respond to the challenges and opportunities of globalization if this process is to be made fully inclusive and equitable, recognizes that globalization has brought disparities between and within countries and that issues such as trade and trade liberalization, transfer of technology, infrastructure development and market access should be managed effectively in order to mitigate the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment and to make the right to development a reality for everyone; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The right to development 2015, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its deep concern, in this regard, about the negative impact on the realization of the right to development due to the further aggravation of the economic and social situation, in particular of developing countries, as a result of the ongoing international energy, food and financial crises, as well as the increasing challenges posed by global climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities and have adversely affected development gains, in particular in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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