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Effects of atomic radiation (2007), para. 18
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- 10. Welcomes, in this context, the readiness of Member States to provide the Scientific Committee with relevant information on the effects of ionizing radiation in affected areas, and invites the Scientific Committee to analyse and give due consideration to such information, particularly in the light of its own findings;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (2008), para. 07
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- 1. Welcomes the initiative of the States members of the Caribbean Community to erect in the halls of the United Nations a permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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R e p o r t o f t h e G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s Environment Programme (1999), para. 04
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- Further recalling the Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mandate of the United Nations Environment Programme, 3 adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its nineteenth session,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2018), para. 30
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- 4. Also recognizes the important role of family farming and smallholder farming in contributing to the achievement of food security and improved nutrition and the role that family farms play in ensuring global food security, poverty eradication and environmental sustainability, as well as job creation;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the highseas/illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments (2003), para. 32
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- 8. Encourages coastal States to develop ocean policies and mechanisms on integrated management, including at the subregional and regional levels, and also including assistance to developing States in accomplishing these objectives;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of New Caledonia (2019), para. 47
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- 17. Notes the continuing concerns expressed by the Kanak people regarding their underrepresentation in governmental and social structures, incessant migratory flows and the impact of mining on the environment, and the importance of addressing them in a timely manner;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 117
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- (i) To contribute to the prevention and 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 socioeconomic structures, dysfunctional families, lack of education, urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, criminal or irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, child sex tourism, organized crime, armed conflicts and trafficking in children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (2019), para. 31
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- 13. Notes with concern that, along with the threat of the possible production, acquisition and use of chemical weapons by States, the international community also faces the danger of the production, acquisition and use of chemical weapons by non-State actors, including terrorists, concerns which have highlighted the necessity of achieving universal adherence to the Convention, as well as the high level of readiness of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and stresses that the full and effective implementation of all provisions of the Convention, including those on national implementation (article VII) and assistance and protection (article X), constitutes an important contribution to the efforts of the United Nations in the global fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 61
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- 29. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to strengthen the cooperation with the Secretary -General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2018), para. 16
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- Recognizing further the complex character of food insecurity and its likely recurrence owing to a combination of several major factors, such as the effects of the global financial and economic crisis, environmental degradation, desertification and the impacts of global climate change, as well as poverty, natural disasters, armed conflicts, drought, volatility in commodity prices and the lack in many countries of the appropriate technology, investment and capacity-building necessary to confront its impact, particularly in developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States, and the need for coherence and collaboration between international institutions at the global level,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2016), para. 26
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- Emphasizing the need to address vulnerability and to integrate disaster risk reduction, including preparedness, into all phases of natural disaster management, post-natural disaster recovery and development planning through close collaboration of all relevant actors and sectors,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2017), para. 49
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- 28. Further recognizes that landlocked developing countries are vulnerable to climate change, which is exacerbating desertification and land degradation, and that they remain negatively affected by desertification, land degradation and drought;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (2014), para. 23
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- 18. We reaffirm all the principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 7 including, inter alia, the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, as set out in principle 7 thereof.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2018), para. 60
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- 37. Also stresses the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, 20 invites the private sector to take into account not only the economic and financial implications but also the development, social, human rights, gender and environmental implications of its undertakings, and underlines the importance of the International Labour Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 59
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- 41. Further expresses grave concern at the findings of the fact-finding mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in its report of 1 March 2019 that, on the basis of its evaluation and analysis of all the information gathered, there are reasonable grounds that a toxic chemical was used as a weapon in Duma on 7 April 2018, and that the toxic chemical was likely molecular chlorine;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 (2018), para. 112
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- 15. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that resource requirements at each stage of the project are based on a thorough review of actual and up -to-date needs on the ground and to provide detailed information in the context of future progress reports;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 353
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- 285. Encourages Member States to consider contributing to mechanisms that encourage the widest possible availability of all bathymetric data, so as to support the sustainable development, management and governance of the marine environment;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2007), para. 23
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- 4. Calls for continued financial support to UN-Habitat through increased voluntary contributions to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, and invites Governments to provide predictable multi-year funding to support programme implementation;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development (2017), para. 25
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- Recalling the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its ninth meeting of the strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention, 20 as well as decision X/3, adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting, 21 on the review of its implementation, and the targets for resource mobilization, under Aichi Target 20 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, adopted by the Conference of the Parties in its decision XII/3, 22 Noting the outcomes of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, all held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, in 2014,
- Topic(s)
- 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 (2018), para. 323
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- 256. Recalls that, in “The future we want”, States reaffirmed the importance of area-based conservation measures, including marine protected areas, consistent with international law and based on best available scientific information, as a tool for conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of its components, and noted decision X/2 of the tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, that by 2020, 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are to be conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas and other effective area- based conservation measures; 106
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2014), para. 044
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- Reaffirming the importance of the work of the International Seabed Authority (the Authority) in accordance with the Convention and the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (the Part XI Agreement), 17
- Topic(s)
- 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 (2008), para. 044
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- 12. Calls upon States and international financial institutions, including through bilateral, regional and global cooperation programmes and technical partnerships, to continue to strengthen capacity-building activities, in particular in developing countries, in the field of marine scientific research by, inter alia, training personnel to develop and enhance relevant expertise, providing the necessary equipment, facilities and vessels and transferring environmentally sound technologies;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2019), para. 13
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- Recalling further the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 9 and emphasizing specifically its call for a freeze on all settlement activity, including so-called natural growth, and the dismantlement of all settlement outposts erected since March 2001, and the need for Israel to uphold its obligations and commitments in this regard,
- Topic(s)
- 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 (2018), para. 018
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- Emphasizing the need to strengthen the ability of competent international organizations to contribute, at the global, regional, subregional and bilateral levels, through cooperation programmes with Governments, to the development of nation al capacity in marine science and the sustainable management of the oceans and their resources,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2005), para. 06
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- 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 1
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (2019), para. 03
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- Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and see king to address their unfinished business,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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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Question of Guam (2019), para. 48
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- 14. Takes into account the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 11 including the Sustainable Development Goals, stresses the importance of fostering the economic and social sustainable development of the Territory by promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater opportunities for all, reducing inequalities, raising basic standards of living, fostering equitable social development and inclusion and promoting the integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems that supports, inter alia, economic, social and human development, while facilitating ecosystem conservation, regeneration, restoration and resilience in the face of new and emerging challenges, and strongly urges the administering Power to refrain from undertaking any kind of illicit, harmful and unproductive activities, including the use of the Territory as an international financial centre, that are not aligned with the interest of the people of the Territory;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 (2014), para. 081
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- 16. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly on plans to reuse existing furniture and to reduce new furniture requirements, where possible, in the context of his next report on the strategic heritage plan;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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