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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 food, para. 18 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further the need to urgently assist some African countries that are facing drought, starvation and famine threats that could affect millions of people, most of whom are women and children, who risk losing their lives, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that democracy, development, peace and security, and the full and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing and contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2007, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that democracy, development, peace and security, and the full and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing and contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 37 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that education is a fundamental human right, a basis for guaranteeing the realization of other human rights and is essential for sustainable development and the promotion of peace and tolerance, as well as key to achieving full employment and poverty eradication; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 79 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States and the international community to mainstream action relating to child labour into national poverty eradication and development efforts, especially in policies and programmes in the areas of health, education, employment and social protection; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 66 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also recognizes that the prevention and eradication of child labour and action towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular those related to education, poverty eradication, gender equality and global partnership for development, mutually reinforce each other; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Rights of the child 2004, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that investments in favour of children and the realization of their rights contribute to their social and economic development and are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty in the long term, and therefore encourages States, inter alia, to allocate financial resources particularly in areas that contribute to the development of children in a holistic manner; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing that the HIV epidemic, with its devastating scale and impact on women and girls, is often aggravated by poverty, which requires urgent action across all internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda, in all fields and at all levels, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 78 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the international community to promote international cooperation to assist developing countries, upon request, in addressing child labour and its root causes, inter alia, through social and economic policies aimed at poverty eradication, while stressing that labour standards should not be used for protectionist trade purposes; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 74e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon all States:] To take appropriate steps to assist one another in the elimination of the worst forms of child labour through enhanced international cooperation and/or assistance, including support for social and economic development, poverty eradication programmes and universal education; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 68 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that child labour contributes to the perpetuation of poverty and remains a central obstacle to realizing the right of all children to education and to protection from violence, abuse and exploitation and that education, at the same time, including literacy and adult education initiatives within the framework of international and regional cooperation, is a key element in preventing and eradicating poverty and child labour; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reiterating that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and recognizing that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children, and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2007, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reiterating that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and recognizing that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children, and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the link between an improved situation for children and achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, in particular those related to education, poverty eradication, gender equality, reduction of child mortality and global partnership for development, and welcoming in this context the outcomes of the high-level event on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York on 25 September 2008, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2007, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the holding of a commemorative high-level plenary meeting on 11 and 12 December 2007 to evaluate progress made in the implementation of the Declaration and the Plan of Action contained in the document entitled “A world fit for children”, recalling that particular attention must be paid to the protection and the rights of children living in poverty, and encouraging the inclusion of children and young people in delegations of Member States, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
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 rights of the child 2015, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States and the international community to cooperate, support and participate in the global efforts towards poverty eradication, by fulfilling their previous commitments, implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and mobilizing all necessary resources and support in that regard, according to national plans and strategies, including through an integrated and multifaceted approach based on the rights and well-being of children; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States and encourages non-governmental organizations and community organizations concerned to develop innovative ways to provide more effective assistance to families and the individuals within them who may be affected by specific problems, such as extreme poverty, chronic unemployment, illness, domestic and sexual violence, dowry payments, drug or alcohol dependence, incest, child abuse, neglect or abandonment; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Resolves to pay particular attention to family units headed by women and children, while bearing in mind that a considerable proportion of households worldwide are headed by women and many other households are dependent on female income, and that female-maintained households are very often among the poorest because of wage discrimination, occupational segregation patterns in the labour market and other gender-based barriers; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Conscious that the majority of the internationally agreed development goals, especially those relating to the reduction of poverty, education of children and the reduction of maternal mortality, would be difficult to attain unless the strategies to achieve them focus on the family, which can contribute positively to, inter alia, eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 18 | 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, to intensify efforts so that all the development and poverty reduction goals, as set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration are realized within their time framework, and reaffirms that investments in children and the realization of their rights contribute to their social and economic development, and are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Member States to engage actively with international organizations and other stakeholders, where needed, in support of national plans to improve nutrition in poor households, including during pregnancy and lactation, and urges Member States, in particular countries with a high burden of maternal and child undernutrition, to consider implementing the Scaling Up Nutrition framework and road map; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States and the international community to mobilize all necessary resources, support and efforts to eradicate poverty, according to national plans and strategies and in consultation with national Governments, including through an integrated and multifaceted approach based on the rights and well-being of children, and to continue their efforts to realize the internationally agreed development and poverty eradication goals, including the Millennium Development Goals; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2007, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States and the international community to mobilize all necessary resources, support and efforts to eradicate poverty, according to national plans and strategies and in consultation with national Governments, including through an integrated and multifaceted approach based on the rights and well-being of children, and to continue their efforts to realize the internationally agreed development and poverty eradication goals, including the Millennium Development Goals; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 41g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To contribute to the elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socio-economic structures, dysfunctional families, lack of education, urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, harmful traditional practices, armed conflicts and trafficking in children; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons 2017, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the positive impact that policies and measures to support families and protect them from poverty, exclusion, violence and involuntary separation can have on protecting and promoting the human rights of their members, including those of older persons, and on achieving equality between women and men and girls and boys, empowering women and girls, and enhancing protection against violence, abuses, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, and harmful practices, while bearing in mind that violations and abuses of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of family members adversely affect families and have a negative impact on efforts aimed at protecting the family; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons 2017, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes, especially those relating to family policies in the areas of poverty, work–family balance and intergenerational issues, with attention given to the rights and responsibilities of all family members, can contribute to ending poverty, ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and promoting the well-being of all at all ages, promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, and ensuring better education outcomes for children, to gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and to the full enjoyment by older persons of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as part of an integrated and comprehensive approach to development, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 32g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To take the necessary measures to eliminate the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach and addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socio-economic structures, dysfunctioning families, lack of education, urban rural migration, gender discrimination, irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, harmful traditional practices, armed conflicts and trafficking in children; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of the persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions in an increasingly globalized economic environment, pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, natural disasters, armed conflicts, displacement, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination, gender inequality, discrimination on the basis of disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Rights of the child 2004, para. 37h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To contribute to the elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socio economic structures, dysfunctioning families, lack of education, urban rural migration, gender discrimination, irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, harmful traditional practices, armed conflicts and trafficking in children; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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