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Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation,reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (2006), para. 09
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- Welcoming the appointment of Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United States of America, as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery and the establishment of the Global Consortium for Tsunami- Affected Countries to sustain the political will of the international community to support medium- and long-term rehabilitation, reconstruction and risk reduction efforts led by the Governments of affected countries,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2011), para. 139
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- 87. Urges coastal States and States fishing on the high seas, in accordance with the Convention, the Agreement and other relevant instruments, to pursue cooperation in relation to straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, either directly or through appropriate subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to ensure the effective conservation and management of such stocks;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (2015), para. 23
- Original document
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- Commending the efforts by the Lake Chad Basin member States and Benin to fully operationalize the Multinational Joint Task Force to effectively combat the threat posed by the Boko Haram terrorist group to the Lake Chad Basin region, and taking note of the establishment of the operational headquarters of the Joint Task Force in N’Djamena,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts (2013), para. 18
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- Welcoming, in this regard, the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in such a way as not to impede the legitimate trade in diamonds or impose an undue burden on Governments or industry, particularly smaller producers, nor hinder the development of the diamond industry,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Economic assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti (2006), para. 06
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- Noting that the economic and social development efforts of Djibouti are constrained by the extreme local climate conditions, in particular severe droughts and flash floods, and that the implementation of reconstruction and development programmes requires the deployment of substantial resources which exceed the limited capacity of the country,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2010), para. 053
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- Migratory Fish Stocks
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife (2019), para. 28
- Original document
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- Welcoming the high-level thematic discussions on the global observance of World Wildlife Day, held on 2 March 2018 and 1 March 2019, which focused on global efforts to save big cats and to conserve marine species, respectively,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation andManagement of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (2003), para. 09
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- Noting the obligation of all States, pursuant to the provisions of the Convention, to cooperate in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories (2015), para. 20
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- 8. Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations system to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oil slick on Lebanese shores (2020), para. 17
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- 5. Reiterates its request in this regard to the Government of Israel to assume responsibility for prompt and adequate compensation to the Government of Lebano n for the aforementioned damage and to other countries directly affected by the oil slick, such as the Syrian Arab Republic, whose shores have been partially polluted, for the costs of repairing the environmental damage caused by the destruction, including the restoration of the marine environment, in particular in the light of the conclusion contained in the report of the Secretary-General that there remains grave concern at the lack of implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolutions of the Ge neral Assembly on the subject vis-à-vis reparations and compensation to the Government and people of Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic affected by the oil spill;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Nicaragua: aftermath of the war and natural disasters (1993), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the efforts of the international community and the Government of Nicaragua to provide relief and emergency assistance to persons affected by the aftermath of the war, the floods, the volcanic eruption, the tidal wave and the recent hurricane,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the United States Virgin Islands (2019), para. 26
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its concern at the devastating damage and impact caused in the Territory by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in 2017,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Humanitarian
- 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, St. Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1999), para. 114
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- Noting with deep concern that a substantial number of the inhabitants of the Territory continue to live in shelters because of volcanic activity,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (2019), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the progress made by the States members of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin in making the Multinational Joint Task Force operational in order to combat effectively the threat posed by the Boko Haram terrorist group to the Lake Chad basin region,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status (2016), para. 23
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- 7. Invites Member States to continue to cooperate with Mongolia in taking the measures necessary to consolidate and strengthen Mongolia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, the inviolability of its borders, its independent foreign policy, its economic security and its ecological balance, as well as its nuclear-weapon-free status;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (2013), para. 10
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- Expressing its concern about the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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, St. Helena, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1998), para. 136
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- 2. Also notes Tokelau's desire to move at its own pace towards an act of self-determination;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oil slick on Lebanese shores (2011), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting with great concern the environmental disaster caused by the destruction by the Israeli Air Force on 15 July 2006 of the oil storage tanks in the direct vicinity of Jiyeh electric power plant in Lebanon, resulting in an oil slick that covered the entirety of the Lebanese coastline and extended to the Syrian coastline,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts (2015), para. 24
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- Recognizing also that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which came into effect on 1 January 2003, will be credible only if all Participants have the requisite national legislation coupled with effective and credible internal systems of control designed to eliminate the presence of conflict diamonds in the chain of producing, exporting and importing rough diamonds within their own territories and across their borders, while taking into account that differences in production methods and trading practices, as well as differences in the institutional controls thereof, may require different approaches to meeting minimum standards,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations (2017), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the Caribbean Sea has unique biodiversity and highly fragile ecosystems,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2016), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the need for the Special Committee to ensure that the appropriate bodies of the United Nations actively pursue a public awar eness campaign aimed at assisting the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands with their inalienable right to self-determination and in gaining a better understanding of the options for self - determination, on a case-by-case basis,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention andsettlement of conflicts (2010), para. 05
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that continued action to curb the trade in conflict diamonds is imperative,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the United States Virgin Islands (2018), para. 07
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- Recognizing that the specific characteristics and the aspirations of the people of the United States Virgin Islands require flexible, practical and innovative approaches to the options for self-determination, without any prejudice to territorial size, geographical location, size of population or natural resources,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (2017), para. 37
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- 12. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the implementation of the present resolution, including with regard to the cumulative impact of the exploitation, damage and depletion by Israel of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session the item entitled “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Specific actions related to the particular needs andproblems of landlocked developing countries: outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation (2014), para. 17
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- 6. Reaffirms its full commitment to urgently address the special development needs of and the challenges faced by landlocked developing countries through the full, timely and effective implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action, as contained in the declaration on the midterm review;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (2002), para. 08
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- Recalling also that, in its resolution 2286 (XXII) of 5 December 1967, it welcomed with special satisfaction the Treaty of Tlatelolco as an event of historic significance in the efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to promote international peace and security,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status (2006), para. 11
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- Noting that the States parties and signatories to the Treaties of Tlatelolco, 6 Rarotonga, 7 Bangkok and Pelindaba and the State of Mongolia expressed their recognition and full support of Mongolia’s international nuclear-weapon-free status at the first Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, held in Tlatelolco, Mexico, from 26 to 28 April 2005, 10
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2013), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting with appreciation also the collaborative contribution to the development of Tokelau by New Zealand and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency and reconstruction assistance to Haiti, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other countries affected by Hurricane Tomas (2011), para. 05
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- Deeply concerned at the tremendous damage caused by Hurricane Tomas to crops, homes, basic infrastructure and tourist and other areas and the economies of Haiti, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other affected countries, which could adversely affect the economic and social development plans of those countries,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (2002), para. 11
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- 3. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, not to exploit, to cause loss or depletion of or to endanger the natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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