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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 07
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- Reiterating that the only sustainable solution to the current conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic is through an inclusive, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process under the auspices of the United Nations, including with the equal voice and full and meaningful participation of women in all efforts and decision-making, and in accordance with the Geneva communiqué of 30 June 2012 and Security Council resolutions 2118 (2013) of 27 September 2013 and 2254 (2015) of 18 December 2015, with a view to establishing credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance, as outlined by the Council in its resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and associated resolutions, and supporting the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria in his efforts towards this end,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2001), para. 132
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- 5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preventing and combating illicit brokering activities (2009), para. 09
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- Noting the report of the Group of Governmental Experts established pursuant to resolution 60/81 of 8 December 2005 to consider further steps to enhance international cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons 2F 3 as an international initiative within the framework of the United Nations,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian LawViolations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (2004), para. 07
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- 1. Takes note of the documents submitted by the Secretary-General on the financing for the biennium 2004–2005 of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights (2018), para. 45
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- 25. Decides to continue its consideration of this matter at its fortieth session under the same agenda item.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights (1996), para. 42
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- 19. Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to consult the human rights treaty bodies in his efforts to promote cooperation with regional intergovernmental organizations where appropriate for the promotion and protection of human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2007), para. 078
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- Noting the appointment by the administering Power of a new Governor who maintains reserved powers in the Territory,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights in Haiti (1994), para. 12
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- Recognizing the important role played by the International Civilian Mission, whose presence in Haiti has prevented greater violations of human rights, and encouraging its earliest possible return to Haiti,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 064
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- 59 (b). Commit to increasing and fully funding the AIDS response from all sources, including from innovative financing, and reaching overall financial investments in developing countries of at least 26 billion dollars per year by 2020, as estimated by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, with a continued increase from the current levels of domestic public and private sources, according to each country’s capacity, supplemented by public and private international assistance and strengthened global solidarity, and urge all stakeholders to contribute to a successful fifth and subsequent replenishments of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 069
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- 11. Recalls, in this regard, that, in “The future we want”, 7 States recognized the importance of building the capacity of developing countries to be able to benefit from the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and their resources, and in this regard emphasized the need for cooperation in marine scientific research to implement the provisions of the Convention and the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, as well as for the transfer of technology, taking into account the Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology adopted by the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twenty-second session, in 2003;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament (2018), para. 08
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- Cognizant also of the discussions in the Conference on Disarmament in 2018 under its subsidiary body 5,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (2001), para. 15
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- 2. Strongly condemns acts of violence against diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, as well as against missions and representatives of international intergovernmental organizations and officials of such organizations, and emphasizes that such acts can never be justified;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2001), para. 33
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- A. Noblemaire principle and its application
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (2017), para. 39
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- 15. Recalls the publication by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the Special Committee, of an information leaflet on assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, which was updated for the United Nations website on decolonization, and requests its continued updating and wide dissemination;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 105
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- 44. Youth are often among the main victims of armed conflict. Children and youth are killed or maimed, made orphans, abducted, taken hostage, forcibly displaced, deprived of education and health care and left with deep emotional scars and trauma. Children illegally recruited as child soldiers are often forced to commit serious abuses. Armed conflict destroys the safe environment provided by a house, a family, adequate nutrition, education and employment. During conflict, health risks increase among youth, especially young women. Young women and girls face additional risks, in particular those of sexual violence and exploitation.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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General and complete disarmamentRelationship between disarmament and development (1994), para. 163
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- Expressing deep concern that such mines kill or maim hundreds of people each week, mostly unarmed civilians, obstruct economic development and have other severe consequences, which include inhibiting the repatriation of refugees and the return of internally displaced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance in mine clearance (1997), para. 22
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- 2. Welcomes, in particular, the efforts made by the United Nations to foster the establishment of mine-clearance capacities in countries where mines constitute a serious threat to the safety, health and lives of the local population, and emphasizing the importance of developing national mine- clearance capacities, urges all Member States, particularly those that have a capacity to do so, to assist afflicted countries in the establishment and development of their national mine-clearance capacities;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2011), para. 57
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- 22. Welcomes the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to implement the mandate given to her in 2005, in resolution 60/158, and requests the High Commissioner to continue her efforts in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2017), para. 04
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- Acknowledging that the United Nations congresses on crime prevention and criminal justice, as major intergovernmental forums, have influenced national policies and practices and promoted international cooperation in that field by facilitating the exchange of views and experience, mobilizing public opinion and recommending policy options at the national, regional and international levels,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency assistance to Costa Rica and Nicaragua (1996), para. 12
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- 4. Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources and in cooperation with international financial institutions, and organs and organizations of the United Nations system, to assist the Governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua in identifying their short-, medium- and long-term needs and also to collaborate in the reconstruction efforts undertaken by the Governments of the affected countries.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 282
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- 220. Urges States to cooperate in correcting the shortfall in port waste reception facilities in accordance with the action plan to address the inadequacy of port waste reception facilities developed by the International Maritime Organization;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2003), para. 043
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- VII. The continental shelf and the work of the Commission
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (2004), para. 185
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- 2. Denunciation shall take effect one year following the date on which notification is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The present Convention shall, however, continue to apply to any question of jurisdictional immunities of States or their property arising in a proceeding instituted against a State before a court of another State prior to the date on which the denunciation takes effect for any of the States concerned.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 064
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- 40. We stress the need for further reform and modernization of the international financial institutions to better enable them to respond to and prevent financial and economic emergencies, effectively promote development and better serve the needs of Member States. We reaffirm the importance of enhancing the voice and representation of developing countries in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and note the reforms undertaken by the World Bank and the progress made by the International Monetary Fund in that direction.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020 (2016), para. 078
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- 56. We recall our commitment to empower women in agriculture, including through women’s access to and control over land and other prod uctive assets.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2013), para. 19
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- 3. Emphasizes that extreme poverty is a major issue to be addressed by Governments, civil society, community-based social organizations and the United Nations system, including international financial institutions, and in this context reaffirms that political commitment is a prerequisite for the eradication of poverty;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2005), para. 12
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- 3. Appeals to all Governments to develop reliable literacy data and information and to further reinforce political will, mobilize adequate national resources, develop more inclusive policy-making environments and devise innovative strategies for reaching the poorest and most marginalized groups and for seeking alternative formal and non-formal approaches to learning with a view to achieving the goals of the Decade;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2008–2009 (2007), para. 02
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- Reaffirming its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986, in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit in off-budget years an outline of the proposed programme budget for the following biennium,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (2018), para. 41
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- 16. Stresses the importance of creating an environment conducive to national reconciliation and social and economic recovery in countries emerging from conflict;
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- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Inclusive development for persons with disabilities (2017), para. 06
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- Recalling also the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 4 the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 5 the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, 6 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 7 the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 8 the outcome document of the 2016 high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly on HIV and AIDS, entitled “Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030”, 9 the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 10 the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, launched during the first World Humanitarian Summit, and the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), 11 which contain references to the rights, participation, perspectives and well-being of persons with disabilities in development efforts,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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