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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 6
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- Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are at increased risk of HIV infection,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 11
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- Decides to consider the question at its fiftieth session.
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 8
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- Encourages Governments and other relevant stakeholders to scale up efforts to address the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV in situations of armed conflict and post-conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including prevention of sexual and gender-based violence and continuous provision of antiretroviral treatment;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 7
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- Expressing grave concern at the continuation of armed conflicts in many regions throughout the world and the human suffering and humanitarian emergencies they have caused,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 6
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- Recalling also Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women, peace and security,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 5
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- Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/38 of 23 April 2001 and 2003/40 of 23 April 2003 on hostage-taking, as well as General Assembly resolution 57/220 of 18 December 2002,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 2
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- Recalling also the relevant provisions contained in the instruments of international humanitarian law relative to the protection of the civilian population as such,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 1
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- Recalling all its previous resolutions on the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 10
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- Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fiftieth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, taking into account the information provided by States and relevant international organizations;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 9
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- Also requests the Secretary-General and all relevant international organizations to use their capabilities and undertake efforts to facilitate the immediate release of civilian women and children who have been taken hostage;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 8
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- Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, within the context of the present resolution, the widest possible dissemination of relevant material, in particular material relating to Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), within existing resources;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 7
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- Emphasizes the importance of objective, responsible and impartial information on hostages, verifiable by relevant international organizations, in facilitating their release, and calls for assistance to these organizations in this regard;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 6
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- Stresses both the need to put an end to impunity and the responsibility of all States to prosecute in accordance with international law those responsible for war crimes, including hostage-taking;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 5
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- Urges all parties to armed conflicts to provide safe unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance for those women and children in accordance with international humanitarian law;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 4
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- Strongly urges all parties to armed conflicts to respect fully the norms of international humanitarian law in armed conflict and to take all necessary measures for the protection of the civilian population, as such, and to release immediately all women and children who have been taken hostage;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 3
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- Also condemns the consequences of hostage-taking, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, murder, rape, slavery, and trafficking in women and children for the purpose of subjecting them to sexual exploitation or imposing forced labour or services;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 1
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- Reaffirms that hostage-taking, wherever and by whomever committed, is an illegal act aimed at the destruction of human rights and is, under any circumstances, unjustifiable, including as a means to promote and protect human rights;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 10
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- Recognizing that hostage-taking calls for resolute, firm and concerted efforts on the part of the international community, in conformity with international humanitarian law and in accordance with international human rights standards, in order to bring such abhorrent practices to an end,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 9
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- Concerned that, despite the efforts of the international community, acts of hostage-taking in different forms and manifestations, inter alia, those committed by terrorists and armed groups, continue to take place and have even increased in many regions of the world,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 8
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- Emphasizing that all forms of violence in areas of armed conflict committed against the civilian population as such, including taking women and children hostage, seriously contravene international humanitarian law, in particular as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 5
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- Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare, taking into account the information provided by States and relevant international organizations, a report on the implementation of the present resolution for submission to the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-sixth session.
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 4
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- Requests the Secretary-General and all relevant international organizations to use their capabilities and efforts to facilitate the release of these women and children;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 3
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- Urges all parties to armed conflicts to provide safe unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance for these women and children;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- Strongly urges all parties to armed conflicts to respect fully the norms of international humanitarian law in armed conflict and to take all necessary measures for the protection of these women and children and for their immediate release;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Expressing grave concern at the continuation of armed conflicts in many regions throughout the world and the human suffering and humanitarian emergencies they have caused,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also the relevant provisions contained in the instruments of international humanitarian law relative to the protection of women and children in areas of armed conflict,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 2
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- Recalling its resolutions 39/2 of 31 March 1995, 40/1 of 22 March 1996, 41/1 of 21 March 1997, 42/2 of 13 March 1998, 43/1 of 12 March 1999 and 44/1 of 2 March 2000,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 1
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- Having considered with appreciation the section of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action concerning the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflict;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 1995, para. 2
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- Requests the Secretary-General and all relevant international agencies to use all their potentialities to facilitate the release of all women and children taken hostage in the areas of armed conflict;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 1995, para. 1
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- Urges all parties to conflicts to release all women and children who have been taken hostage in areas of armed conflict, before the opening of the Fourth World Conference on Women;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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