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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2020), para. 23
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- Welcoming steps to ease the restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank, while stressing the need for further steps to be taken in this regard, and recognizing that such steps would improve living conditions and the situation on the ground and could promote further Palestinian economic development,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (2009), para. 10
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- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2009), para. 19
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- Affirming the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks committed on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not operate with impunity, and that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice as provided for by national laws and obligations under international law,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2019), para. 42
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- 16. Calls upon the administering Power, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and regional organizations to provide all the assistance necessary to the Territory, support the recovery and rebuilding efforts and enhance capabilities for emergency preparedness and risk reduction, in particular in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria that impacted the Territory in 2017;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1998), para. 05
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- Commending the High Commissioner and her staff for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which they discharge their responsibilities, paying tribute to those staff members whose lives have been endangered in the course of their duties, and deploring the deaths of staff members as a consequence of violent events in several countries around the world,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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 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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Admission of the Republic of South Sudan to membership in the United Nations (2011), para. 2
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- Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 13 July 2011 that the Republic of South Sudan should be admitted to membership in the United Nations, 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (2008), para. 10
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- 2. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Status of preparation for the International Year of Mountains, 2002 (2001), para. 08
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- 1. Welcomes the activities undertaken by States, United Nations organizations, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations in preparation for the observance of the International Year of Mountains, and encourages them to continue their efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of New Caledonia (2016), para. 45
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- 19. Requests the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to provide economic, social and other assistance to New Caledonia and to continue to do so, as appropriate, after it exercises its right to self-determination;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2013), para. 33
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- (e) To allow human rights and humanitarian organizations to operate in Eritrea without fear or intimidation, and to facilitate the full implementation of the Strategic Partnership Cooperation Framework for 2013-2016 signed by the Government of Eritrea and the United Nations on 28 January 2013;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (2011), para. 13
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- 7. Recognizes the importance of the decision of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, taken in Luanda in May 2009, to create centres of excellence for the training of trainers in the area of peacekeeping operations, with a view to continuing and, where possible, further enhancing the contributions of States members of the Community to United Nations peacekeeping operations;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (2018), para. 18
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- 7. Recalls with satisfaction the professional, open and transparent conduct of both the February 2006 and the October 2007 referendums to determine the future status of Tokelau, monitored by the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 139
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- [Supplements rules 35 and 36 and, with regard to inspection, rule 55 of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners]
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (2014), para. 12
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- 1. Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly, and takes note of its annual report, 1 including the conclusions and valuable recommendations contained in chapter VII thereof;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat (2007), para. 02
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- Paragraph text
- Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 13
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- Echoing the extreme concern expressed by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on 29 July 2012 at the impact of shelling and the use of tanks and other heavy weapons on people in Aleppo, as well as in the capital, Damascus, and surrounding towns,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency assistance to the Republic of Moldova (1994), para. 4
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- Recognizing the efforts of the Government of the Republic of Moldova to provide relief and emergency assistance to the people affected by the flood and hurricane,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2013), para. 23
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- 18. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to continue its cooperation with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of his mandate, including by facilitating further visits, and calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance and resources necessary to enable him to discharge his mandate fully;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recommendations on support for volunteering (2002), para. 43
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- (i) Ensure that consideration of the issues regarding volunteering is based on a sound appreciation and analysis of the parameters, profile and trends of volunteering in the particular country context. Studies on volunteering can be undertaken by independent public policy research and/or academic institutions. Governments can also initiate research themselves, in partnership with other stakeholders;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security (2018), para. 12
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- Expressing concern that embedding harmful hidden functions in ICTs could be used in ways that would affect secure and reliable ICT use and the ICT supply chain for products and services, erode trust in commerce and damage national security,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (1998), para. 11
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- 6. Requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation to non-governmental organizations in their contribution towards heightening international awareness of the facts relating to the question of Palestine and promoting support and assistance to meet the needs of the Palestinian people and to take the necessary steps to involve additional non-governmental organizations in its work;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (2002), para. 11
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- 3. Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine (2018), para. 11
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- Welcoming also the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine), submitted pursuant to resolution 71/205 4
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia (2005), para. 12
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- 1. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his continued and tireless efforts to mobilize assistance for the Somali people;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and rehabilitation in Tajikistan (2001), para. 07
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- Noting with satisfaction the efforts of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan, which should be regarded as a successful operation, supported by the Contact Group of Guarantor States and International Organizations, the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States, in assisting the parties in the implementation of the General Agreement,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2014), para. 33
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- Recognizing also the positive contribution of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, which is aimed, inter alia, at enhancing development support and assistance to the Palestinian people and strengthening institutional capacity in line with Palestinian national priorities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2018), para. 29
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- 3. Further reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and decisions;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2008), para. 02
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- Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Tokelau, 0F 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the Special Committee toInvestigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (1996), para. 52
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- 5. Calls for complete respect by Israel, the occupying Power, of all fundamental freedoms of the Palestinian people, pending the extension of the self-government arrangements to the rest of the West Bank;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2011), para. 10
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- 2. Welcomes the progress made towards the devolution of power to the three taupulega (village councils), in particular the delegation of the Administrator’s powers to the three taupulega with effect from 1 July 2004 and the assumption by each taupulega from that date of full responsibility for the management of all its public services;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Advisory services and technical assistance for Cambodia (2019), para. 24
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- 15. Notes the efforts made by the Government of Cambodia to combat corruption, encourages the implementation of the penal code and the anti-corruption law, and also encourages the Government to continue other such efforts, including through the activities of the Anti-Corruption Unit;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2003), para. 10
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- 3. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2015), para. 04
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- Welcoming also the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 5 and the access granted to her during her visit to Myanmar from 17 to 26 July 2014,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2015), para. 068
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- Promotional campaigns
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2019), para. 42
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- 4. Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with its legal obligations, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice, including to cease forthwith the works of construction of the wall being built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, to dismantle forthwith the structure therein situated, to repeal or render ineffective forthwith all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto, and to make reparation for the damage caused to all natural or legal persons affected by the construction of the wall;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (2006), para. 09
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- Noting also that the Group of Eight, the European Union, the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and others have taken into account in their deliberations the dangers posed by the acquisition by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction, and the need for international cooperation in combating it,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (2017), para. 02
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- Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, reaffirming the commitments contained therein with regard to people of African descent; Assembly resolution 57/195 of 18 December 2002, in which the Assembly invited all relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to become involved in the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance; and all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the comprehensive follow-up to the World Conference and the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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Situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1997), para. 16
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- 10. Endorses the Special Rapporteur's condemnation of the abduction from United Nations premises of the former President of Afghanistan, Mr. Najibullah, and of his brother, and of their subsequent summary execution;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1998), para. 33
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- 24. Calls for the continuing implementation by the Republic of Croatia of the new general amnesty law, enacted on 20 September 1996 and intended in part to promote confidence on the part of the local Serb population;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (2008), para. 11
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- Convinced that, notwithstanding the way in which they are used or the form that they take to acquire some semblance of legitimacy, mercenaries or mercenary- related activities are a threat to peace, security and the self-determination of peoples and an obstacle to the enjoyment of all human rights by peoples,
- 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. 13
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the Charter and all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council related to conflict diamonds, and determined to contribute to and support the implementation of the measures provided for in those resolutions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2002), para. 190
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- Believing it necessary to do the utmost to contribute in an efficient and coordinated manner to facing the challenge of removing anti-personnel mines placed throughout the world, and to ensure their destruction,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat (2011), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 0F 1
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2017), para. 23
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- 3. Notes the importance of the work of the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict, the United Nations independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, and the information collected regarding grave violations in support of future accountability efforts, in particular information on alleged perpetrators of violations of international law;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- 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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Situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1998), para. 41
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 32. Welcomes the reports on the situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 the Republic of Croatia 7 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia submitted by the Special Rapporteur, and commends her and the United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in the Former Yugoslavia for their continuing efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (2006), para. 08
- Paragraph text
- Gravely concerned about the continuing detrimental impact of the events that have taken place since 28 September 2000, including the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries, and the widespread destruction of property,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2018), para. 34
- Original document
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- 18. Remains deeply concerned about the persistent problem of anti-personnel landmines and explosive remnants of war, welcomes the achievements to date in the implementation of the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan aimed at declaring Afghanistan mine-free by 2023, underscores the importance of sustained international assistance, encourages the Government of Afghanistan, with the support of the United Nations and all relevant actors, to continue its efforts to meet its responsibilities under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 2 expresses concern at the use of improvised explosive devices by the Taliban against civilians and the Afghan security forces, and notes the need to enhance coordination and information-sharing between both Member States and the private sector to prevent the flow of improvised explosive device components to the Taliban;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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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. 122
- Paragraph text
- IX. St. Helena
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2011), para. 084
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 53. Requests the Department of Public Information and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to continue to cooperate in implementing an effective outreach programme to explain the zero-tolerance policy of the Organization regarding sexual exploitation and abuse and to inform the public of the outcome of all such cases involving peacekeeping personnel, including cases where allegations are ultimately found to be legally unproven, and also to inform the public of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel; 13F 14
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency humanitarian assistance to Malawi (2004), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Welcomes the positive role of the Government of Malawi in the relief operations, in particular the close coordination between the United Nations system and the Government;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of Volunteers (2001), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also the outcome document of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, 1 entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, held at Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000, in which the General Assembly recommended the promotion of the involvement of volunteers in social development, inter alia, by encouraging Governments, taking into account the views of all actors, to develop comprehensive strategies and programmes by raising public awareness about the value and opportunities of voluntarism and by facilitating an enabling environment for individuals and other actors of civil society to engage in, and the private sector to support, voluntary activities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2019), para. 43
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 16. Urges States to endeavour to reduce, where appropriate, pretrial detention, which should be a measure of last resort and for as short a period as possible, inter alia, by adopting legislative and administrative measures and policies on its preconditions, limitations, duration and alternatives and by taking measures aimed at the implementation of existing legislation, as well as by ensuring access to justice and legal advice and assistance, which could include legal aid schemes;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2015), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing deep concern also about the consequent negative impact of such policies on the contiguity of the Territory and the serious socioeconomic and humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people, which is a disastrous humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, and on the efforts aimed at rehabilitating and developing the damaged Palestinian economy, while taking note of developments regarding the situation of access there based on the trilateral agreement facilitated by the United Nations in this regard and on the resumption of some trade from Gaza to the West Bank for the first time since 2007, and calling for the full lifting of restrictions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat (2006), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Liberia (1994), para. 17
- Paragraph text
- 8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session an item entitled "International assistance for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Liberia".
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2017), para. 18
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- Paragraph text
- 13. We recognize the important role played by the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons in the United Nations system, and invite it to continue to increase its activities related to the implementation of the Global Plan of Action and, to that end, to incorporate aspects of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development relevant to preventing and combating trafficking in persons and to consider how future activities will be coordinated and how the duplication of efforts will be avoided. We encourage the Coordination Group to expand its working group to include entities of the United Nations system that are not currently active in the working group but that have a role in addressing trafficking in persons.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- 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 (2003), para. 08
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the Charter and all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council related to conflict diamonds, and determined to contribute to and support the implementation of the measures provided for in those resolutions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance in mine action (1998), para. 37
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 10. Urges Member States, regional, governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations to continue to extend full assistance and cooperation to the Secretary-General and, in particular, to provide him with information and data as well as other appropriate resources that could be useful in strengthening the coordination role of the United Nations in mine action, particularly in mine awareness, training, surveying, mine detection and clearance, scientific research on mine-detection and mine-clearance technology, and assistance to victims, including information on and distribution of medical equipment and supplies;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1998), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 14. Decides that, for Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there shall be set off against their apportionment, as provided for in paragraph 11 above, their respective share of the unencumbered balance of 3,098,190 dollars in respect of the reserve account for the third-party liability insurance of helicopters;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2013), para. 36
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize (2014), para. 6
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Wishing to further honour and pay homage to the extraordinary life and legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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Question of Tokelau (2018), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking note of the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2018 relating to Tokelau, 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (2015), para. 12
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of Samoa for the excellent facilities, staff and services provided and the arrangements made in hosting the Conference, and for the hospitality extended to the participants,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2017), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, immediately cease all settlement activities in all the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls in this regard for the full implementation of all relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including, inter alia, resolutions 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 452 (1979) of 20 July 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980, 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003 and 2334 (2016) of 23 December 2016;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2014), para. 46
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Stresses the importance of ensuring that humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are aware of and sensitive to national and local customs and traditions in their countries of assignment and communicate clearly their purpose and objectives to local populations in order to enhance their acceptance, thereby contributing to their safety and security;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2012), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 13. Commends Member States, inter alia, Turkey, that have extended generous education assistance, and invites Member States to follow that example, including in the provision of training programmes for Somali journalists to boost their prominent role in the promotion of human rights through public awareness campaigns in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 10/32 of 27 March 2009;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1998), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. Expresses its grave concern at any attack upon religious places, sites and shrines, and calls upon all States, in accordance with their national legislation and in conformity with international human rights standards, to exert utmost efforts to ensure that such places, sites and shrines are fully respected and protected;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 31
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 105
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) Establishing appropriate legal and administrative measures with a view to preventing the loss, theft or diversion of firearms, for the exchange of relevant information relating to firearms and for bilateral, regional and international cooperation, including by means of information exchange and technical assistance;
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2005), para. 40
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) The withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2002), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the responsibility of Governments for safeguarding and protecting the rights of individuals within their jurisdiction against crimes perpetrated by racist or xenophobic individuals or groups,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2015), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Moratorium on the use of the death penalty (2017), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the technical cooperation among Member States, as well as the role of relevant United Nations entities and human rights mechanisms, in supporting State efforts to establish moratoriums on the death penalty,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- 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
- Paragraph text
- Migratory Fish Stocks
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- 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. 02
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the trade in conflict diamonds continues to be a matter of serious international concern, which can be directly linked to the fuelling of armed conflict, the activities of rebel movements aimed at undermining or overthrowing legitimate Governments and the illicit traffic in and proliferation of armaments, especially small arms and light weapons,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2014), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recalls paragraph 61 of the report of the Commission, in which it is indicated that raising the mandatory age of separation for existing staff to 65 years would result in a marginal reduction in the actuarial deficit of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in the range of 0.13 per cent of pensionable remuneration;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife (2019), para. 28
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Dissemination of information on decolonization (1997), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 1 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (2000), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- Noting also the appeal made by the Secretary-General to the international community for aid and assistance to Mozambique in dealing with the effects of the floods,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (2000), para. 7
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the option of a State;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2017), para. 54
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Emphasizing the importance of the safety, protection and well-being of all civilians in the whole Middle East region, and condemning all acts of violence and terror against civilians on both sides, including the firing of rockets,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2016), para. 49
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 34. Demands that the Syrian authorities facilitate, and all other parties to the conflict do not hinder, the full, immediate and safe access of the United Nations and humanitarian actors, including to hard-to-reach and besieged areas, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) of 14 July 2014, 2191 (2014) of 17 December 2014, 2254 (2015), 2258 (2015) of 22 December 2015 and 2268 (2016), and calls upon Member States to fund fully the United Nations appeals;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (2007), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having examined the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2019), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the status of Tokelau as an associate member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and of the Pacific Islands Forum,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (1996), para. 161
- Paragraph text
- 2. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his rapid response and efforts regarding assistance to the Palestinian people;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (2006), para. 41
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 31. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2017), para. 48
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 22. Demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the Commission of Inquiry, including by granting it immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2016), para. 49
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 13. Strongly commends the engagement of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia;
- Topic(s)
- 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 andManagement of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (2003), para. 09
- Paragraph text
- 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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Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2005), para. 25
- Paragraph text
- 17. Decides to keep under review during its fifty-ninth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2019), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the Caribbean regional seminar on the theme “Implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism: accelerating decolonization through renewed commitment and pragmatic measures”, held by the __________________ Special Committee in Grand Anse, Grenada, and hosted by the Government of Grenada from 2 to 4 May 2019, as a significant and forward-looking event, which enabled the participants to assess progress made and address challenges faced in the decolonization process, review the existing working methods of the Committee and renew its commitment to implementing its historic task,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 (2019), para. 26
- Paragraph text
- 7. Calls upon all other international, regional and intergovernmental organizations, including those established by treaty, to recognize that the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius, to support the decolonization of Mauritius as rapidly as possible, and to refrain from impeding t hat process by recognizing, or giving effect to any measure taken by or on behalf of, the “British Indian Ocean Territory”;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (1997), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Welcomes the assurances of the Government of New Zealand that it will meet its obligations to the United Nations with respect to Tokelau and abide by the freely expressed wishes of the people of Tokelau with regard to their future status;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2005), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit origin and returning such funds to the countries of origin (2002), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Calls, while recognizing the importance of national measures, for increased international cooperation, inter alia, through the United Nations system, in support of efforts by Governments to prevent and address the transfer of funds of illicit origin as well as to return such funds to the countries of origin;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2016), para. 47
- Paragraph text
- 33. Also recognizes the positive role that the media can play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, promoting a culture of tolerance and representing the diversity of a multicultural society;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting efforts to eliminate violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families (2013), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 64/293 of 30 July 2010, entitled “United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons”, and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution 20/3 of 15 April 2011, entitled “Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons”, 5 stressing the need for full and effective implementation of the Plan of Action, and expressing the view that it will, inter alia, enhance cooperation and better coordination of efforts to fight trafficking in persons and for full implementation of the Convention and the Trafficking in Persons Protocol,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002), para. 42
- Paragraph text
- (h) The acts of intimidation and persecution against representatives of the Churches, as well as the killings of those persons in the eastern part of the country;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2013), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting also the continuing efforts of the Quartet’s Special Representative towards the resumption of the peace process, in particular the efforts to strengthen Palestinian institutions, promote Palestinian economic development and mobilize donor support,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (1999), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility with respect to the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy,
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Providing support to the Government of Afghanistan in its efforts to eliminate illicit opium and foster stability and security in the region (2005), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Encourages the Transitional Administration of Afghanistan to accelerate the implementation of the commitment that it courageously made to the five action plans adopted by the International Counter-Narcotics Conference on Afghanistan, held in Kabul on 8 and 9 February 2004;
- Topic(s)
- 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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Follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers (2003), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Question of Tokelau (2019), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Acknowledges the ongoing and consistent commitment of New Zealand to meeting the social and economic requirements of the people of Tokelau, including through new shipping service assets and shipping infrastructure development, and budget support for the delivery of education services ranging from early childhood education to foundation courses for tertiary study, as well as the support and cooperation of the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (2000), para. 38
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 28. Welcomes the continuing efforts by the Republic of Croatia to train and to guarantee the professionalism and impartiality of the Croatian police and military forces, and notes, in particular, the commitment on the part of the Ministry of the Interior to maintain an ethnically diverse police force in the Danube region;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Bermuda (2019), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Stresses that the Territory should continue to participate in the activities of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, including regional seminars, in order to provide the Committee with up -to-date information regarding the decolonization process;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (2000), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having examined the report of the Special Committee with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2017), para. 35
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the alarming increase in threats to and deliberate targeting of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, acts of terrorism and attacks on humanitarian convoys, and the unprecedented increase in the scale and the increasingly complex nature of threats faced by such personnel, such as the disturbing trend of politically and criminally motivated attacks, including extremist attacks, against them;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Terrorism and human rights (2019), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Strongly condemns terrorist acts and all acts of violence committed by terrorist groups, including trafficking in persons, kidnapping and hostage-taking with demands for ransom and/or political concessions, and the continued systematic and widespread abuses of human rights perpetrated by such groups, and calls upon all Member States to prevent terrorists from benefiting from ransom payment and political concessions and to secure the safe release of hostages, in accordance with applicable legal obligations, while noting the initiatives in this regard, including the Algiers Memorandum on Good Practices on Preventing and Denying the Benefits of Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- 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 (2001), para. 26
- Paragraph text
- 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them (2010), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Encourages the collaboration of civil society organizations and associations in the efforts of the national commissions to combat the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and in the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; 6F 7
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2001), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the convening of the United Nations seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people, entitled “Prospects for Palestinian economic development and the Middle East peace process”, 3 held in Cairo on 20 and 21 June 2000,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2001), para. 45
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Expresses its deep concern at reports of attacks on and looting of cultural artifacts in Afghanistan, emphasizes that all parties share the responsibility to protect their common heritage, and requests all Member States to take appropriate measures to prevent the looting of cultural artifacts and to ensure their return to Afghanistan;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (2018), para. 29
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Stresses the need for States to take appropriate measures to strengthen the management of their national ammunition stockpiles to prevent the diversion of materials for making improvised explosive devices to illicit markets, illegal armed groups, terrorists and other unauthorized recipients, and encourages the application of the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines for the safer and more secure management of ammunition stockpiles, while also recognizing the importance of capacity-building, through both technical and financial assistance, in this regard, as well as the contributions made by various United Nations entities to that end; 14
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (1998), para. 21
- Original document
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- Encouraged by the joint announcement by the Government of the Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement that they are engaged in peace talks, scheduled to resume early in 1998 under the sponsorship of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the acceptance by all parties of the Declaration of Principles as the basis for negotiation,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (2007), para. 7
- Original document
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- Recalling further the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 7 and noting in particular the reply of the Court, including on the right of peoples to self-determination, which is a right erga omnes, 8 Recalling the conclusion of the Court, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004, that the construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, along with measures previously taken, severely impedes the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, 9
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (2019), para. 18
- Paragraph text
- 3. Expresses its deep concern over the use of seized Ukrainian military industry enterprises in the occupied Crimea by the Russian Federation;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2012), para. 131
- Original document
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- 103. Pays homage to all those who have innocently lost their lives in the fight against drug traffickers, in particular members of the security forces of Afghanistan and its neighbours;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency assistance to Belize (2001), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Requests the Secretary-General to make all necessary arrangements to continue mobilizing and coordinating humanitarian assistance from the specialized agencies and other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system with a view to supporting the efforts of the Government of Belize.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them (2009), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 62/22 of 5 December 2007 on assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2016), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
- 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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The situation in Afghanistan (2017), para. 51
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Counter-narcotics
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission (2019), para. 45
- Paragraph text
- 18. Requests the Secretary-General to bring credible allegations that reveal that a crime may have been committed by a United Nations official or expert on mission to the attention of the States against whose nationals such allegations are made and to request from those States updates, as set out in paragraph 20 below, on the status of their efforts to investigate and, as appropriate, prosecute crimes of a serious nature, as well as the types of appropriate assistance that States may wish to receive from the Secretariat for the purposes of such investigations and prosecutions;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2004), para. 10
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- 3. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2000), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) The interim report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Sudan; 7
- Topic(s)
- 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, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1999), para. 114
- Paragraph text
- 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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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2016), para. 76
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- 42. Decides, for staff who move before the implementation date of the new relocation package and who choose the option of non -removal of household goods, to continue to pay the non-removal allowance for up to five years at the same duty station or until the staff member moves to another duty station, as a transitional measure;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (2017), para. 20
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- Stressing the urgency of bringing a complete end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and thus an end to the violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people, and of allowing for the realization of their inalienable human rights, including their right to self-determination and their independent State,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2013), para. 29
- Original document
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- Recognizing the efforts being undertaken by the Palestinian Authority, with international support, to rebuild, reform and strengthen its damaged institutions, emphasizing the need to preserve and further develop Palestinian institutions and infrastructure and commending, in this regard, the implementation of the Palestinian Authority’s August 2009 plan for constructing the institutions of an independent Palestinian State within a twenty-four-month period and the ongoing implementation of its National Development Plan, and the significant achievements made, as confirmed in recent reports by international institutions, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations, while also expressing concern about the negative impact of the current financial crisis being faced by the Palestinian Authority,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the Special Committee toInvestigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (1996), para. 60
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2017), para. 51
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 32. Strongly condemns violence against all persons based on their religious or ethnic affiliation, including the indiscriminate use of car and suicide bombs, snipers and hostage-taking;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2017), para. 34
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 16. Acknowledges the important role of the Special Rapporteur in identifying cases where extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions could amount to genocide and crimes against humanity or war crimes, and urges the Special Rapporteur to collaborate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, as appropriate, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide in addressing situations of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are of particularly serious concern or in which early action might prevent further deterioration;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2009), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Commending the continuous efforts made by both parties since the convening of the international conference in Annapolis, United States of America, on 27 November 2007, in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible, so as to ensure the establishment of an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian state, living in peace and security alongside Israel,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (2003), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Convinced that, notwithstanding the way in which they are used or the form that they take to acquire some semblance of legitimacy, mercenaries or mercenary-related activities are a threat to peace, security and the self-determination of peoples and an obstacle to the enjoyment of human rights by peoples,
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The occupied Syrian Golan (1999), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the convening at Madrid of the Peace Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 aimed at the realization of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace, and expressing grave concern about the stalling of the peace process on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Urges all the relevant parties, including the signatories to the memorandum on the stabilization of the situation in the Idlib de-escalation area of 17 September 2018, to ensure that the ceasefire in Idlib is upheld in order to prevent further death and injury among civilians, including medical and humanitarian personnel, and damage to civilian objects, as well as to avoid a potential humanitarian catastrophe;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- 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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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2015), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2011), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Guided by the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of land by the use of force, as enshrined in the Charter,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2006), para. 061
- Paragraph text
- Bermuda
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The Syrian Golan (2003), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1998), para. 136
- Paragraph text
- 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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Questions relating to information (2013), para. 078
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 48. Requests the Department of Public Information and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to continue to cooperate in implementing an effective outreach programme to explain the zero-tolerance policy of the Organization regarding sexual exploitation and abuse and to inform the public of the outcome of all such cases involving peacekeeping personnel, including cases where allegations are ultimately found to be legally unproven, and also to inform the public of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel; 11
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (2010), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having examined the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 0F 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming its support for the independence, sovereignty, legal continuity and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, within its internationally recognized borders, and also reaffirming its support for the equality of the three constituent peoples and others in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a united country, with two multi- ethnic entities, according to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto (collectively the “Peace Agreement”), 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2019), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Requests the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, for the protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (2000), para. 23
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the contacts between the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan and various non- warring Afghan parties and personalities, and supporting calls by these independent Afghans for an end to the fighting and any proposals that might advance the cause of peace, including the meeting, held in Rome from 22 to 25 November 1999, of a group of Afghan personalities aimed at the convening of a genuine loya jirgah to promote a political settlement,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan (1995), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mahmoud Mestiri to head the United Nations special mission to Afghanistan, and expressing its appreciation for the efforts of the special mission towards the restoration of peace, normalcy and national rapprochement and the objective of reconstruction and rehabilitation of war-stricken Afghanistan,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2010), para. 007
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) To provide support for the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes for broadcasters and journalists from public, private and other media in developing countries;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East (2018), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2020), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 21/12 of 27 September 2012, 7 27/5 of 25 September 2014, 8 33/2 of 29 September 2016 and 10 on the safety of journalists, 32/13 of 1 July 2016 on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet, 11 34/7 of 23 March 2017 on the right to privacy in the digital age 12 and 27/12 of 25 September 2014 on the World Programme for Human Rights Education, 8 Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, 1738 (2006) of 23 December 2006 and of 27 May 2015 and Economic and Social Council resolution 2019/2 of 6 June 2019 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2011), para. 113
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 76. Notes the importance of the continued implementation by the Department of Public Information of the ongoing programme for broadcasters and journalists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition, as mandated by the General Assembly, and requests the Department to consider how best to maximize the benefits derived from the programme by extending, inter alia, its duration and the number of its participants;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2009), para. 111
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 68. Urges States to ensure the full implementation of resolution A.1002(25) on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coast of Somalia;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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 (2008), para. 41
- Paragraph text
- 18. Recommends that all Governments intensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system of which they are members to accord priority to the question of providing assistance to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects (2010), para. 14
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons is a serious problem that the international community should address urgently,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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) (2014), para. 35
- Paragraph text
- 21. Recalls the international conference on the theme “Making slums history: a worldwide challenge for 2020”, held in Rabat from 26 to 28 November 2012, to review and share global progress in improving the living conditions of slum dwellers between 2000 and 2010 and to devise a strategy for inclusive, sustainable and prosperous cities;
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Dissemination of information on decolonization (2006), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Considers it important to continue and expand its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options of self-determination available for the peoples of Non-Self- Governing Territories;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (2000), para. 15
- Paragraph text
- 5. Requests the Special Committee, pending complete termination of the Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, especially Israeli lack of compliance with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1 to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of the Red Cross according to its regulations in order to ensure that the welfare and human rights of the peoples of the occupied territories are safeguarded, and to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises thereafter;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Anguilla (2016), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing concern that 56 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 3 there still remain 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, including Anguilla,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2006), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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. 04
- Paragraph text
- Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2017 relating to the item, 3
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (2015), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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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Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (2005), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting that an overall commitment to multiculturalism helps to provide an environment preventing and combating discrimination and promoting solidarity and tolerance in our societies,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2007), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (f) To release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, including National League for Democracy leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo, and Shan Nationalities League for Democracy leader Khun Htun Oo and other Shan leaders, as well as former student leaders Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, Htay Kywe, Min Zeya and Pyone Cho; to desist from arresting and punishing persons for their peaceful political activities, and to ensure that discipline in prisons does not amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and that conditions of detention otherwise meet international standards, and include the possibility of visiting any detainee, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and to investigate cases of death in custody;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 189
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Prison regime
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2017), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting with grave concern the continued use by the Government of Eritrea of arbitrary arrest and detention, including incommunicado detention in extremely harsh and life-threatening conditions, of persons suspected of evasion of national service, attempting to flee the country or unable to produce identity documents, exercising the right to freedom of religion, or freedom of opinion and expression, including of those perceived as critical of the Government, of those who return to the country after having fled national service, and of those detained in the aftermath of the attempt to take over, on 21 January 2013, the building of the Ministry of Information,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2017), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the ministerial meetings of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development, convened in Tokyo in February 2013 and in Jakarta in March 2014, as a forum to mobilize political and economic assistance, including through exchanges of expertise and lessons learned, in support of Palestinian development,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (2013), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Reiterates its request, in resolution 64/15 of 16 November 2009, for Member States to develop, in accordance with their national legislation, educational programmes, including through school curricula, designed to educate and inculcate in future generations an understanding of the lessons, history and consequences of slavery and the slave trade, and to provide such information to the Secretary- General for inclusion in his report;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Developmentof Small Island Developing States (2017), para. 22
- Paragraph text
- 4. Welcomes the continuing commitment of the international community to take urgent and concrete action to address the vulnerabilities of small island developing States and to continue to seek solutions, including additional ones, to the major challenges facing them in a concerted manner in order to support the implementation of the Samoa Pathway;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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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Triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (2008), para. 140
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 102. Calls upon the Secretary-General to improve the transparency and competitiveness of the recruitment processes for senior high-level posts in the United Nations development system in order to find the best candidates both inside and outside the United Nations system, and in this regard calls upon the chief executives of the United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes to fully cooperate with the Secretary-General, through the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, in harmonizing recruitment processes for senior officials by 2009, making the selection criteria transparent and ensuring that, for candidates with equivalent competencies, gender and geographical balance are duly taken into account;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat (2001), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) To organize international, regional and national seminars or encounters for journalists, aiming in particular at sensitizing public opinion to the question of Palestine;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving global road safety (2014), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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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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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) (2017), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a dedicated thematic report on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in accordance with the existing mandate and within the existing resources of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, which is currently funded by voluntary contributions;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission (2013), para. 31
- Paragraph text
- 9. Requests the Secretary-General to bring credible allegations that reveal that a crime may have been committed by United Nations officials or experts on mission to the attention of the States against whose nationals such allegations are made and to request from those States an indication of the status of their efforts to investigate and, as appropriate, prosecute crimes of a serious nature, as well as the types of appropriate assistance that States may wish to receive from the Secretariat for the purposes of such investigations and prosecutions;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- 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, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2003), para. 093
- Paragraph text
- Cayman Islands
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2002), para. 28
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Suggests the convening in 2002 of a United Nations-sponsored seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2012), para. 112
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 85. Welcomes and encourages further efforts by the Government of Afghanistan and its neighbouring partners to foster trust and cooperation with each other, and looks forward, where appropriate, to increasing cooperation between Afghanistan, all its neighbouring and regional partners and regional organizations against the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist and criminal groups and illegal armed groups and in promoting peace and prosperity in Afghanistan, in the region and beyond;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (2006), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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 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 (1999), para. 26
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- 22. Further requests the Secretary-General to include in future budget proposals information on those items in the current inventory for which proposals for replacement and/or additions are made, in the format used in peacekeeping budget proposals;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2001), para. 351
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 53/77 D entitled “Mongolia’s international security and nuclear- weapon-free status”; 64
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (2011), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the United States Virgin Islands (2018), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2019), para. 41
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 28. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to resume without delay its cooperation with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the mandate, including by facilitating further visits and granting unrestricted access throughout the country, and to resume its work with the Special Rapporteur to develop a workplan and time frame for the swift implementation of the proposed joint benchmarks identified by the mandate holder in her previous reports, and for progress in priority areas of technical assistance and capacity- building;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (2013), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recalls the establishment of a committee of interested States to oversee the permanent memorial project, drawn from all geographical regions of the world, with Member States from the Caribbean Community and the African Union playing a primary role, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, representatives of the Secretariat, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library and civil society;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2004), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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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
- Paragraph text
- 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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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for (2001), para. 13
- Paragraph text
- Deeply disturbed by the continuing use of Afghan territory in areas controlled by the Taliban for the recruitment, sheltering and training of terrorists, including international terrorists, and the planning of terrorist acts within and outside Afghanistan,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (1998), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Concerned about the serious difficulties facing the Middle East peace process, including the lack of implementation of the agreements reached and the deterioration of the socio-economic conditions of the Palestinian people as a result of the Israeli positions and measures,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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
- Paragraph text
- 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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Consideration of effective measures to enhance theprotection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (2003), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (2004), para. 06
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the entry into force, on 1 March 1999, of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 1 and noting with satisfaction the work undertaken to implement the Convention and the substantial progress made towards addressing the global landmine problem,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2000), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 17. Applauds the intensified dialogue between the President of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan, whose regular contacts have created opportunities to dynamize the process of finding a lasting and comprehensive solution to the Nagorny-Karabakh conflict, firmly supports this dialogue and encourages its continuation, with the hope of resuming negotiations within the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and welcomes the fact that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and its Minsk Group, which remains the most appropriate forum for finding a solution, stand ready to advance further the peace process and its future implementation, including by providing all necessary assistance to the parties;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Freedom of religion or belief (2020), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Seriously concerned about all attacks on religious places, sites and shrines that violate international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including any deliberate destruction of relics and monuments, and including also those carried out in connection with incitement to national, racial or religious hatred,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem (1999), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting also the redeployment of the Israeli army from six cities in the West Bank,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (1997), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus an amount of 48,000,800 dollars gross (45,877,800 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998, inclusive of an amount of 1,939,100 dollars for the support account for peacekeeping operations and an amount of 1,131,000 dollars for the cost of termination benefits for locally employed civilians relating to the period of employment after 15 June 1993;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Integrating volunteering in the next decade (2013), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Also encourages Member States to promote, where appropriate, further engagement of the private sector, through the expansion of corporate volunteering and employee volunteer activities, as well as increased coordination between the private and public sectors;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya (2019), para. 37
- Paragraph text
- 25. Strongly condemns the terrorist attacks that targeted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Oil Corporation and the High National Elections Commission, based in Tripoli, and other institutions throughout Libya committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and other entities associated with them in Libya listed by the Security Council, and expresses grave concern at the negative impact of the presence of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) and its deadly actions in Libya, neighbouring States and the region;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status (2006), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- 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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Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country (2013), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Further notes that a number of delegations have requested shortening the time frame applied by the host country for issuance of entry visas to representatives of Member States since the time frame poses difficulties for the full-fledged participation of Member States in United Nations meetings;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2019), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the positive contribution of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, which is aimed, inter alia, at enhancing development support and assistance to the Palestinian people and strengthening institutional capacity in line with Palestinian national priorities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Question of Anguilla (2019), 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 awareness campaign aimed at assisting the people of Anguilla 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Guam (2019), 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 awareness campaign aimed at assisting the people of Guam 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of French Polynesia (2017), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Conscious of the responsibility of the administering Power to ensure the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration in respect of French Polynesia,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Participation of volunteers, “White Helmets”, in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development (2015), para. 14
- Paragraph text
- 5. Commends national and international volunteers for their contributions and their fundamental role in disaster risk reduction, response and recovery;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (2014), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (1997), para. 02
- Paragraph text
- Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2007), para. 40
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. Notes the Israeli withdrawal from within the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank and the dismantlement of the settlements therein as a step towards the implementation of the road map;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to eliminate international terrorism (1997), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) To investigate, when sufficient justification exists according to national laws, and acting within their jurisdiction and through appropriate channels of international cooperation, the abuse of organizations, groups or associations, including those with charitable, social or cultural goals, by terrorists who use them as a cover for their own activities;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation in criminal matters (2015), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Emphasizing the importance of strengthened and collaborative efforts by all Member States to ensure the creation and promotion of strategies and mechanisms in all areas of international cooperation, especially in extradition, mutual legal assistance, transfer of sentenced persons and the confiscation of proceeds of crime,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (2015), para. 7
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Further decides to keep under review during the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2011), para. 29
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Notes with appreciation the prolongation of the supplementary understanding between the International Labour Organization and the Government of Myanmar to eliminate the use of forced labour, and that some steps, particularly in relation to awareness-raising, have been taken with regard to it, but expresses grave concern at the continuing practice of forced labour, and calls upon the Government to intensify its cooperation with the International Labour Organization on the basis of the understanding, with a view to extending action against forced labour as widely as possible throughout the country and to fully implementing with urgency the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry of the International Labour Organization;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2019), para. 235
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 173. Calls upon States to ensure that masters on ships flying their flag take the steps required by relevant instruments 74 to provide assistance to persons in distress at sea, and urges States to cooperate and to take all measures necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue 75 and to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 76 relating to the delivery of persons rescued at sea to a place of safety, as well as of the associated Guidelines on the Treatment of Persons Rescued at Sea; 77
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (2001), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.
- Topic(s)
- 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, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2003), para. 129
- Paragraph text
- Montserrat
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2009), para. 19
- Paragraph text
- (c) Resource mobilization: promote innovative funding mechanisms and multi-stakeholder arrangements at all levels, on a voluntary basis, including the engagement of sport organizations, civil society, athletes and the private sector;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance in mine clearance (1997), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2015), para. 058
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Notes the progress made during the third meeting of the open-ended intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, held in Vienna from 25 to 28 March 2014, 11 and requests Member States to support the process of revision of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners 22 in line with General Assembly resolution 65/230 of 21 December 2010, and to strengthen all efforts to address the issue of prison overcrowding;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2002), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking note of Advisory Opinion OC-16/99, issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 1 October 1999, on The Right to Information on Consular Assistance in the Framework of the Guarantees of the Due Process of Law, in the case of foreign nationals detained by the authorities of a receiving State,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The occupied Syrian Golan (2000), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the convening at Madrid of the Peace Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 aimed at the realization of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace, and expressing grave concern about the stalling of the peace process on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Forensic genetics and human rights (2010), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the general comment of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on the right to the truth with regard to enforced disappearances, in which the Working Group highlighted the importance of identifying the victims of enforced disappearances through, among other methods, DNA analysis,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2014), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to the Palestinian people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (2007), para. 10
- Paragraph text
- 3. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2001), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report, 4 and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2017), para. 52
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) To engage with the Government of South Sudan, international and regional mechanisms, including the United Nations, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the African Union, including by building upon the work of its Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan and its African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, including the Partners Forum, the Chair of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission and civil society, with a view to providing support to national, regional and international efforts to promote accountability for human rights violations and abuses;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan (2005), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Regrets the decision of the Government of Turkmenistan not to renew the accreditation for the Head of the Centre of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe at Ashgabat, but hopes that the Turkmen authorities will cooperate fully with her successor;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2000), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) The realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self- determination;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights (1995), para. 16
- Paragraph text
- 11. Decides to consider this question at its fiftieth session under the item entitled "Right of peoples to self-determination".
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat (1996), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Notes with appreciation the action taken by Member States to observe annually on 29 November the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and requests them to continue to give the widest possible publicity to the observance, and requests the Committee to continue to organize, as part of the observance of the Day of Solidarity, an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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 Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (2002), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- 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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Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan (2005), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) The release in June 2004 of a number of Jehovah’s Witnesses who had made conscientious objections to undertaking military service, but notes with concern that other Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to be jailed on the same charge;
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (2017), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Invites all States that have not ratified the Convention or acceded to it to provide, on a voluntary basis, information that could make the clearance and destruction of cluster munition remnants and related activities more effective;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Central America:procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development (1994), para. 45
- Paragraph text
- 20. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Central American countries with all possible assistance for the consolidation of peace in the region;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency assistance to Belize (2001), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Urges Member States, as a matter of urgency, to contribute generously to the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts of Belize;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Enforced or involuntary disappearances (2011), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking note with interest of the general comment of the Working Group on the right to the truth in relation to enforced disappearances,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (2013), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 65/230 of 21 December 2010, entitled “Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice”, in which it requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to establish an open-ended intergovernmental expert group to exchange information on best practices, as well as national legislation and existing international law, and on the revision of existing United Nations standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners so that they reflected recent advances in correctional science and best practices, with a view to making recommendations to the Commission on possible next steps, and requested the expert group to report to the Commission on progress in its work,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2018), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the specific characteristics and the aspirations of the people of the Turks and Caicos 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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Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (2019), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials: members of the International Court of Justice, judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2004), para. 42
- Paragraph text
- 4. No retirement pension shall be payable to a former judge who has been re-elected to office until he or she again ceases to hold office. At that time, the amount of his or her pension shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 above on the basis of his or her total period of service and shall be subject to a reduction equal in actuarial value to the amount of any retirement pension paid to him or her before he or she reached the age of sixty.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2014), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Stressing the importance of the work of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, and welcoming in this regard the holding of its 100th session in New York from 15 to 19 July 2013,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory,including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan (1995), para. 07
- Paragraph text
- Aware of the negative and grave economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 102
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) Improve civil registry systems, with a particular focus on reaching unregistered persons and our nationals residing in other countries, including by providing relevant identity and civil registry documents, strengthening capacities, and investing in information and communications technology solutions, while upholding the right to privacy and protecting personal data;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2013), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Acknowledges the decision of the General Fono in 2008 that consideration of any future act of self-determination by Tokelau will be deferred and that New Zealand and Tokelau will devote renewed effort and attention to ensuring that essential services and infrastructure on the atolls of Tokelau are enhanced and strengthened, thereby ensuring an enhanced quality of life for the people of Tokelau;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 210
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) Promoting the re-education and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2014), para. 077
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Social and economic development
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Day against Nuclear Tests (2017), para. 9
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Invites Member States, the United Nations system, civil society, academia, the mass media and individuals to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests in an appropriate manner, including through all means of educational and public awareness-raising activities;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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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 (2007), para. 49
- Paragraph text
- 22. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (1998), para. 22
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the magnitude of the disaster and its medium- and long-term effects will require, as a complement to the efforts being made by the peoples and the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and St. Kitts and Nevis, a demonstration of international solidarity and humanitarian concern to ensure broad multilateral cooperation in order to face the immediate emergency situation in the affected areas and to initiate the process of reconstruction,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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 (1997), para. 06
- Paragraph text
- Expressing concern at the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of the natural resources of the occupied Palestinian territory, including 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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Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1994), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Appeals to all States, United Nations organs, the specialized agencies and international and national non-governmental organizations to step up their activities to enhance public awareness by denouncing the crime of apartheid;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (2011), para. 25
- Paragraph text
- 13. Invites the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, and Palestine, in its capacity as observer, to participate in the preparatory activities and in the High- level Meeting;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2019), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, 1 and other relevant recent reports of the Human Rights Council,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2002), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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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 (2013), para. 087
- Paragraph text
- British Virgin Islands
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (2014), para. 211
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Forests
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (1999), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursement of troop contributors, which bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2018), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Calls upon all the parties concerned to provide the Secretary-General with any pertinent information in their possession concerning Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel that would assist him in the implementation of the present resolution;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- 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, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2014), para. 132
- Paragraph text
- VIII Pitcairn
- 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. 13
- Paragraph text
- Noting also that the States parties and signatories to the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, Bangkok and Pelindaba and the Treaty on a Nuclear -Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia expressed support for Mongolia’s policy at the second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear -Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, held in New York on 30 April 2010, and at the third Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear -Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, held in New York on 24 April 2015,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (2019), para. 37
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 28. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East”, the sub-item entitled “United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2019), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the work and the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, including the report submitted to the Council at its fortieth session, 1 while deeply regretting the decision of the Government of Myanmar to discontinue cooperation with the Special Rapporteur and to deny her access to the country since January 2018,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2018), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Stresses the role that all funding instruments, including the European Commission’s Palestinian-European Mechanism for the Management of Socioeconomic Aid and the World Bank trust fund, have been playing in directly assisting the Palestinian people;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (2016), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) To enhance cooperation with States parties and signatories to treaties that establish nuclear-weapon-free zones and Mongolia;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2001), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) The work of the Islamic Human Rights Commission on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and, in particular, its efforts to investigate illegal detentions and disappearances;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2009), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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The occupied Syrian Golan (1997), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2016), para. 36
- Paragraph text
- 18. Deplores the continuing violence and insecurity, which constitute an ongoing threat to the safety and security of staff members of the Office of the High Commissioner and other humanitarian organizations and an obstacle to the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Office and the ability of its implementing partners and other humanitarian personnel to discharge their re spective humanitarian functions, urges States, parties to conflict and all other relevant actors to take all measures necessary to protect activities related to humanitarian assistance, prevent attacks on and kidnapping of national and international humani tarian workers and ensure the safety and security of the personnel and property of the Office and that of all humanitarian organizations discharging functions mandated by the Office, and calls upon States to investigate fully any crime committed against hu manitarian personnel and bring to justice the persons responsible for such crimes;
- Topic(s)
- 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 (2019), para. 12
- Paragraph text
- Noting with satisfaction that the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme 2 continues to have a positive impact in reducing the opportunity for conflict diamonds to play a role in fuelling armed conflict and helps to protect legitimate trade and ensure the effective implementation of the relevant resolutions on trade in conflict diamonds,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2017), para. 46
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Stresses, in this context, the importance of ensuring free humanitarian access to the Palestinian people and the free movement of persons and goods;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (2011), para. 09
- Paragraph text
- 3. Decides on a revised appropriation to the Special Account for the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 of a total amount of 320,511,800 United States dollars gross (290,087,500 dollars net) for the biennium 2010–2011, as detailed in the annex to the present resolution;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Integrating volunteering in the next decade (2013), para. 32
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 25. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session, under the item entitled “Social development”, on the implementation of the present resolution, including a plan of action to be developed by the United Nations Volunteers programme to integrate volunteering in peace and development in the next decade and beyond, to be submitted to the Assembly and to be considered by Member States.
- Topic(s)
- 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, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2015), para. 115
- Paragraph text
- Aware that negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act ended in 1997 and that Guam has subsequently established a non-binding plebiscite process for a self- determination vote by the eligible Chamorro voters,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2019), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the establishment of investigation committees at the national and state levels to investigate violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and stressing the need for these committees to produce credible, accurate and public reports while respecting the rights of survivors and victims,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2001), para. 424
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Wishing to do the utmost in ensuring assistance for the care and rehabilitation, including the social and economic reintegration, of mine victims,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2017), para. 34
- Paragraph text
- 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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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2018), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Also recognizes the important role of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission to support the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan and its ceasefire provisions, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with the Commission and other bodies created by the Agreement;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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) (2004), para. 04
- Paragraph text
- Recalling further 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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Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2001), para. 053
- Paragraph text
- 1. For the purpose of identifying and tracing each firearm, States Parties shall:
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Participation of volunteers, “White Helmets”, in the activities of the United Nations in the field ofhumanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development (2007), para. 09
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recognizes the effort being made by the White Helmets initiative to strengthen national and regional agreements aimed at facilitating coordination between the United Nations system and trained standby national volunteer corps, in accordance with accepted United Nations procedures, through the United Nations Volunteers and other agencies of the system;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Guam (2016), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Aware that negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act ended in 1997 and that Guam has subsequently established a non-binding plebiscite process for a self- determination vote by the eligible Chamorro voters,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat (2007), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Requests the Department, in full cooperation and coordination with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to continue, with the necessary flexibility as may be required by developments affecting the question of Palestine, its special information programme for the biennium 2006–2007, in particular:
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (1999), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the solemn declaration on the future status of Tokelau, delivered by the Ulu-o-Tokelau (the highest authority on Tokelau) on 30 July 1994, that an act of self-determination in Tokelau is now under active consideration, together with the constitution of a self-governing Tokelau, and that the present preference of Tokelau is for a status of free association with New Zealand,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2011), para. 38
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- 10. Urges the parties to give renewed impetus to the peace process in line with the Annapolis Peace Conference and the Paris International Donors’ Conference for the Palestinian State, and to implement fully the road map endorsed by the Security Council in its resolution 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003, with the aim of reaching a comprehensive political settlement in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 1850 (2008) of 16 December 2008. and other relevant United Nations resolutions, the principles of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, held in Madrid on 30 October 1991, the Oslo Accords, the Arab Peace initiative and subsequent agreements, which will allow two States, Israel and Palestine, to live in peace and security;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 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;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism (2020), para. 29
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- 9. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and other relevant entities of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, to continue to provide technical assistance to Member States, upon request, to collect, record and share biometric data in order to responsibly and properly identify terrorists, including foreign terrorist fighters, in compliance with domestic law and international law, welcomes the publication of the United Nations Compendium of Recommended Practices for the Responsible Use and Sharing of Biometrics in Counter-Terrorism, developed within the Working Group on Border Management and Law Enforcement relating to Counter-Terrorism, and stresses the importance of populating and making full use of the databases of INTERPOL in this regard;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (2007), para. 21
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- 9. Also welcomes the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power, which provided information to the people of the Territory on the role of the United Nations in the process of self-determination, on the legitimate political status options, as clearly defined in General Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960, and on the experiences of other small States which have achieved a full measure of self-government;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in the Middle East: the Syrian Golan (1999), para. 09
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- 2. Declares also that the Israeli decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and has no validity whatsoever, as confirmed by the Security Council in its resolution 497 (1981), and calls upon Israel to rescind it;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 (2017), para. 05
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- Bearing in mind its resolution 65/118 of 10 December 2010 on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, reiterating its view that it is incumbent on the United Nations to continue to play an active role in the process of decolonization, and noting that the process of decolonization is not yet complete,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of older women in society (2003), para. 19
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- 6. Welcomes the adoption in April 2002 by the Valencia Forum of research and academic professionals of the Research Agenda on Ageing for the Twenty-First Century, to support the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002; 4
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 104
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- (c) Establishing or maintaining effective systems for the licensing or authorization of the import, export and transit of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition;
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- 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, 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,
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- Environment
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2013), para. 40
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- 22. Calls upon all parts of the United Nations system to continue to play an active role in ensuring the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, through, inter alia, the maintenance of gender specialists in all entities of the United Nations system, as well as by ensuring that all personnel, especially those in the field, receive training and appropriate follow-up, including tools, guidance and support, for accelerated gender mainstreaming, and reaffirms the need to strengthen the capabilities of the United Nations system in the area of gender;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive sources (2018), para. 39
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- 15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive sources”.
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and theOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2001), para. 18
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- 11. Commends the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for its substantial role in the preparation and organization of the local elections in Kosovo in view of the consolidation of stability and prosperity in Kosovo on the basis of substantial autonomy, respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, pending a final settlement in accordance with resolution 1244 (1999);
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance for humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development for East Timor (2001), para. 15
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- 4. Welcomes the establishment of the East Timor National Council as an interim step towards a democratic legislative institution as well as the appointment of a joint cabinet to increase Timorese participation in the Administration;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (2006), para. 06
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- 3. Expresses its continued appreciation of the decision of the Government of Kuwait to defray two thirds of the cost of the Observation Mission, effective 1 November 1993;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, and the importance of improving international cooperation (2013), para. 27
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- 6. Welcomes the decision made at the fourth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption to convene open-ended intergovernmental expert meetings on international cooperation to advise and assist States with regard to extradition and mutual legal assistance, and notes with appreciation the Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and encourages coordination among existing initiatives;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat (2013), para. 08
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- 4. Requests the Division, in particular, to continue to monitor developments relevant to the question of Palestine, organize international meetings and conferences in various regions with the participation of all sectors of the international community, liaise and cooperate with civil society and parliamentarians, develop and expand the “Question of Palestine” website and the documents collection of the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine, prepare and widely disseminate publications and information materials on various aspects of the question of Palestine and develop and enhance the annual training programme for staff of the Palestinian Authority in contribution to Palestinian capacity-building efforts;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2017), para. 21
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- Recalling the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2006 at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (2009), para. 40
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- 31. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti”.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Kosovo (1999), para. 10
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- Concerned by the grave infringements upon the freedom of expression in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), in particular the adoption of the new law on public information by the Serbian Parliament and the recent closure of several independent newspapers and radio stations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro),
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- 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. 22
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- Noting with satisfaction the recent entry into force of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles and Their Habitats, which contains provisions to minimize the incidental catch of sea turtles in fishing operations,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2019), para. 09
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- Noting that enforced disappearances can end in extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, recalling the importance in this regard of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 6 and calling upon all States which have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan (1995), para. 08
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- Expressing its support for the continuing efforts of the special mission, particularly the initial steps taken by that mission to begin a political process in which all segments of Afghan society are represented,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2011), para. 24
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- Noting the important contribution to the peace process of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, including within the framework of the activities of the Quartet,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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