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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries,particularly in Africa, by 2015 (2011), para. 35
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- 19. Recognizes the importance of the development of safe and cost-effective vaccines and new medicines to prevent and treat malaria and the need for further and accelerated research, including into safe, effective and high-quality therapies, using rigorous standards, including by providing support to the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases 9 and through effective global partnerships, such as the various malaria vaccine initiatives and the Medicines for Malaria Venture, where necessary stimulated by new incentives to secure their development and through effective and timely support towards pre-qualification of new antimalarials and their combinations;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2004), para. 27
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- Illicit synthetic drugs
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of responsibility for attacks on United Nations and associated personnel and measures to ensure that those responsible for such attacks are brought to justice (1993), para. 04
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- Gravely concerned at the increasing number of attacks on United Nations personnel that have caused death or serious injury,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2013), para. 36
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- 28. Recognizes the important role of various international and regional organizations that deal with training, capacity-building, policy design and monitoring at the national and regional levels in promoting and facilitating the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, and acknowledges the work that is undertaken in various parts of the world, as well as regional initiatives, and by institutes such as the International Institute on Ageing in Malta and the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 31
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- 10. Calls upon the international community to support the activities of the United Nations Population Fund and other partners, including the World Health Organization, in the global Campaign to End Fistula in establishing and financing regional fistula treatment and training centres and, where necessary, national centres, by identifying and supporting health facilities that have the potential to serve as centres for treatment, training and convalescent care;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2015), para. 09
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- Recalling also World Health Assembly resolution 65.3 of 25 May 2012 on strengthening non-communicable disease policies to promote active ageing, which recognized that population ageing is among the major factors contributing to the rising incidence and prevalence of non-communicable diseases,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2005), para. 09
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- 5. Invites Governments, intergovernmental organizations and non- governmental organizations to encourage and support comprehensive, diversified and specialized research on ageing in all countries;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers (2003), para. 06
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- Recognizing also that volunteerism is an important component of any strategy aimed at, inter alia, such areas as poverty reduction, sustainable development, health, disaster prevention and management and social integration and, in particular, overcoming social exclusion and discrimination,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2016), para. 17
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- Welcoming all efforts to stem the spread of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa, and reiterating its continued solidarity with the highly affected countries in West Africa,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the United States Virgin Islands (2019), para. 26
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- 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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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2015), para. 20
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- Condemning all acts of violence, including direct attacks, against humanitarian personnel and facilities, including medical personnel, their facilities and other humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, in a majority of cases affecting locally recruited personnel, noting with concern the negative implications for the provision of humanitarian assistance to populations in need, and in this regard welcoming the efforts such as the Health Care in Danger project of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, together with States, international and non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, to strengthen compliance with international humanitarian law by raising awareness and promoting preparedness to address the grave and serious humanitarian consequences arising from such violence,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving global road safety (2014), para. 11
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- Commending the Governments of Brazil, Mozambique, Romania and Thailand and the World Health Organization for the successful launch, in May 2013, in the context of the sixty-sixth World Health Assembly, of the Global Alliance for Care of the Injured,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2004), para. 19
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- 12. Stresses the importance of the collection of data and population statistics disaggregated by age and sex on all aspects of policy formulation by all countries, and encourages the relevant entities of the United Nations to support national efforts in capacity-building, especially those of developing countries and countries with economies in transition, takes note in this context of the establishment by the United Nations of an Internet-accessible database on ageing, and invites States to submit, whenever possible, information for inclusion in the database;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- 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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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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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2018), para. 17
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- Recognizing the linkages among efforts being made to reach the targets set at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, held in Abuja on 24 and 25 April 2000, as necessary and important for the attainment of the “Roll Back Malaria” goal 8 and the targets of the Millennium Development Goals by 2010 and 2015, respectively, and welcoming in this regard the commitment of Member States to respond to the specific needs of Africa,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing (2000), para. 18
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- 5. Invites non-governmental organizations in the field of ageing, as well as research institutions and representatives of the private sector, to participate in and contribute to the Second World Assembly and its preparatory process, including organizing meetings and studies related to the themes of the Second World Assembly;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2002), para. 07
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- Noting also with appreciation 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 and the World Health Organization,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 65
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- 49. Notes with appreciation the work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, 12 and recognizes the positive contributions of Member States, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, including relev ant human rights mandate holders and treaty bodies and the regional commissions, as well as national human rights institutions, intergovernmental and relevant non-governmental organizations with an interest in the matter and invited panellists, during the first nine working sessions of the Working Group, and invites Member States, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, to continue to make contributions to the work entrusted to the Working Group, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2009), para. 19
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- 7. Calls upon the international community to support the activities of the United Nations Population Fund and other partners in the global Campaign to End Fistula, including the World Health Organization, in establishing and financing regional fistula treatment and training centres by identifying and supporting health facilities that have the potential to serve as centres for treatment, training and convalescent care;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2017), para. 34
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- 5. Encourages Member States to provide institutional structures, appropriate quality standards, policies and competencies and promote academic research and expertise in the field to enable ongoing training, capacity -building and education of physical education teachers, coaches and community leaders in sport for development and peace programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2017), para. 57
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- 44. Notes with appreciation the work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, and recognizes the positive contributions of Member States, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, including relevant human rights mandate holders and treaty bodies and the regional commissions, as well as national human rights institutions, intergovernmental and relevant non-governmental organizations with an interest in the matter and invited panellists, during the first six working sessions of the Working Group, and invites Member States, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, to continue to make contributions to the work entrusted to the Working Group, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- 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 (2003), para. 117
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- Taking into account the unique character of Saint Helena, its population and its natural resources,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2010), para. 11
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- 7. Invites Governments to conduct their ageing-related policies through inclusive and participatory consultations with relevant stakeholders and social development partners, in the interest of developing effective policies creating national policy ownership and consensus-building;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 36
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- 20. Invites Governments to conduct their ageing-related policies through inclusive and participatory consultations with relevant stakeholders and social development partners, in the interest of developing effective policies that create national policy ownership and consensus-building;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2017), para. 12
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- Recalling the statement made at that seminar by the representative of the Government of New Zealand, as the administering Power, citing the close and cordial cooperation that has existed for nearly 90 years between the Territory and the administering Power, with an emphasis on quality health care and education, telecommunications, renewable energy, support for the fisheries sector and the establishment of transport infrastructure and services, and noting the gifting by New Zealand to Tokelau of a new, purpose-built ferry, which entered into service in March 2016, and plans to gift a fast inter-atoll vessel to support search and rescue missions, medical evacuations and general transport between the atolls,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- 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. 124
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- Noting the importance of improving the infrastructure and accessibility of Saint Helena,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance in mine clearance (1998), para. 24
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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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Global health and foreign policy (2010), para. 14
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- Reaffirming the commitment to strengthening health systems that deliver equitable health outcomes as the basis for a comprehensive approach, which requires appropriate attention to, inter alia, health financing, the health workforce, the procurement and distribution of medicines and vaccines, infrastructure, information systems, service delivery and political will in leadership and governance,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals, families and societies affected by autism spectrum disorders, developmental disorders and associated disabilities (2013), para. 29
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- 4. Looks forward to the development of the World Health Organization comprehensive mental health action plan, as called for in World Health Assembly resolution 65.4, and its consideration of autism spectrum disorders in the context of a broader systems approach;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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