Search Tips
sorted by
Cards viewTable viewMap view
330 shown of 10000+ entities

Triennial policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (1999), para. 32

Original document
Paragraph text
19. Also stresses the need to ensure the full and active participation of the funds and programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system in the preparation of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2001), para. 15

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the signing in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993 of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, 9 and the subsequent implementation agreements,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2016), para. 059

Original document
Paragraph text
24. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and to their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, encourages Member States to provide them with proper support and assistance while taking into account, inter alia, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice and truth, in accordance with international law;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (2018), para. 52

Original document
Paragraph text
(b) Encouraging economic operators in the area of alcohol production and trade, as appropriate, to contribute to reducing harmful use of alcohol in their core areas, taking into account national religious and cultural contexts;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2005), para. 33

Original document
Paragraph text
(f) To appoint an impartial prosecutor and to expedite the creation of offices of the Prosecutor in all provinces, in keeping with the decision taken in November 2002 for their re-establishment;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification (1999), para. 2

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting the critical importance of, and the vital contribution that has been made by, effective verification measures in arms limitation and disarmament agreements and other similar obligations,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (2015), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling also its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1999), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming its resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981, by which it proclaimed the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2016), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming also the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia (2010), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Mindful of the urgent need to find a solution to the problems related to forced displacement in Georgia,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (2018), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming further the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, 11
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Developing human resources for development (1996), para. 23

Original document
Paragraph text
11. Calls for follow-up action to be taken as recommended in the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development and in the Platform for Action adopted at Beijing, in order to ensure the strengthening of human resources development;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2010), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming its resolution 61/177 of 20 December 2006, by which it adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002), para. 45

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Urges all parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of interreligious dialogue and cooperation for peace (2006), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the commitment of all religions to peace,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (2013), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming, among other principles, the sovereign equality of States, non-intervention and non-interference in their internal affairs and freedom of international trade and navigation, which are also enshrined in many international legal instruments,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2014), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Recognizes that, in addition to their separate responsibilities to their individual societies, States have a collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) (2019), para. 56

Original document
Paragraph text
19. Reaffirms its commitment to embracing diversity in cities and human settlements, to strengthening social cohesion, intercultural dialogue and understanding, tolerance, mutual respect, gender equality, innovation, entrepreneurship, inclusion, identity and safety, and the dignity of all people, as we ll as to fostering liveability and a vibrant urban economy and to taking steps to ensure that local institutions promote pluralism and peaceful coexistence within increasingly heterogeneous and multicultural societies;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace (1999), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing the need to foster consensual approaches, in particular given the prevailing international climate, which is conducive to the pursuit of such endeavours,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (2005), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations funds and programmes as well as the international community for the financial, technical and material support given to the Southern African Development Community;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Community in the General Assembly (2004), para. 2

Original document
Paragraph text
Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Eurasian Economic Community,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2017), para. 095

Original document
Paragraph text
63. Recognizes the important role of television and video services provided by the Department of Public Information, and notes the recent efforts in making available online broadcast-quality video that can be streamed or downloaded by smaller broadcast outlets that do not have access to satellite feeds;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Concerned at the global nature of poverty and inequality, underlining the fact that the eradication of poverty and hunger is an ethical, social, politi cal and economic imperative of all humankind, and in this regard recognizing that there is a need to better understand the multidimensional nature of development and poverty,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human resources management (2011), para. 013

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Notes the variety of human resources management initiatives that the Organization has undertaken since the adoption by the General Assembly of its resolution 63/250, and recognizes that the continued implementation of the reform initiatives will better equip the Organization to address a variable and demanding environment in which integration and harmonization will provide the basis for longer-term efficiencies in productivity and an improved work environment that will, in turn, better enable the Organization to meet its mandates;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Freedom of religion or belief (2016), para. 32

Original document
Paragraph text
(g) To ensure that no official documents are withheld from the individual on the grounds of religion or belief, and that everyone has the right to refrain from disclosing information concerning their religious affiliation in such documents against their will;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 234

Original document
Paragraph text
45. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other relevant international and regional organizations, as appropriate, and in accordance with the present resolution:
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

White Helmets Commission: participation of volunteers in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development (2019), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing also the need for close collaboration between relief and development activities in the context of humanitarian emergencies, taking into account the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Persons with albinism (2016), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 69/170 of 18 December 2014, by which the Assembly decided to proclaim 13 June as International Albinism Awareness Day, with effect from 2015, and Human Rights Council resolution 28/6 of 26 March 2015, 9 by which the Council established the mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing that good health requires a universal, inclusive, equitable, effective, responsive and accessible quality health system and that it is also dependent on the involvement of and dialogue with other sectors and actors, as their performance may have significant health impacts, and collaboration in coordinated and intersectoral policy actions in an effective way,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of corruption, facilitating asset recovery and returning such assets to legitimate owners, in particular to countries of origin, in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption (2019), para. 119

Original document
Paragraph text
66. Recognizes the efforts of the Group of 20 in countering corruption at both the global and the national levels, takes note with appreciation of the anti-corruption initiatives outlined in the communiqué of the Summit of the Group of 20, held in Hamburg, Germany, on 7 and 8 July 2017, and urges the Group of 20 to continue to engage other States Members of the United Nations and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in its work in an inclusive and transparent manner to ensure that initiatives of the Group of 20 complement or strengthen the work being undertaken by the United Nations system;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (2017), para. 16

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Reiterates its approval of the guidelines and recommendations contained in section III of the reports of the Secretary-General, 2 in particular those designed to strengthen and revitalize the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law in response to the increasing demand for international law training and dissemination activities;
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2015), para. 72

Original document
Paragraph text
48. Stresses that the international community should enhance its efforts to create an enabling environment for social development and poverty eradication through increasing market access for developing countries, technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, financial aid and a comprehensive solution to the external debt problem;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and terrorism (2004), para. 09

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2009), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming also the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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 (2005), para. 26

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Urges those specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system that have not yet provided assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms and in solving international problems of a humanitarian character (2004), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming also that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that the international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (1995), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming its conviction that a general and verifiable agreement on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of certain conventional weapons would significantly reduce the suffering of civilians and combatants,
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The rule of law at the national and international levels (2013), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
12. Recognizes the importance of restoring confidence in the rule of law as a key element of transitional justice;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development (2020), para. 40

Original document
Paragraph text
12. Encourages countries and relevant multilateral and international organizations to continue their efforts to provide, upon request, technical assistance and capacity-building assistance to developing countries, as well as to support African and other regional initiatives, in order to improve their capacity to prevent, detect and combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to development (2018), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the Charter of the United Nations and the core human rights instruments,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 (2015), para. 030

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Acknowledges the programme criticality framework as an instrument to assist managers in the field to take time-sensitive decisions to prioritize programme activities in specific locations in response to changes in local security conditions;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2017), para. 61

Original document
Paragraph text
40. Stresses the importance of universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy services, and welcomes the holding of the high-level seminar on accelerating sustainable energy for all in landlocked developing countries through innovative partnerships in Vienna on 24 and 25 October 2016;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Environment
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of New Caledonia (2002), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Further notes the agreement between the signatories of the Nouméa Accord that the progress made in the emancipation process shall be brought to the attention of the United Nations;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

High-Level Dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership (2003), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing the importance of staying fully engaged, nationally, regionally and internationally, to ensure proper follow-up to the implementation of agreements and commitments reached at the International Conference on Financing for Development and to continue to build bridges between development, finance and trade organizations and initiatives, within the framework of the holistic agenda of the Conference,
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The rights of the child (1999), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision of appropriate staff and facilities for the effective and expeditious performance of the functions of the Committee, and takes note of the plan of action of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and of the steps taken to ensure temporary support to the Committee within the framework of the plan of action;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife (2019), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming further the intrinsic value of biological diversity and its various contributions to sustainable development and human well-being, and recognizing that wild fauna and flora in their many beautiful and varied forms are an irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the Earth which must be protected for this generation and the generations to come,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation for El Salvador as a result of the devastating effects of (2010), para. 15

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Requests the relevant organs and organizations of the United Nations system and other multilateral organizations to increase their support and assistance for strengthening the disaster-preparedness capacity of El Salvador;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all (2019), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
Convinced also that life without war is the primary international prerequisite for the material well-being, development and progress of countries and for the full implementation of the rights and fundamental human freedoms proclaimed by the United Nations,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2019), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
Expressing appreciation for the efforts of donors and host countries to respond to the Agency’s unprecedented financial crisis, including through generous, additional contributions and, where possible, continued increases in voluntary contributions, while acknowledging the steadfast support of all other donors to the Agency,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Pattern of conferences (2020), para. 134

Original document
Paragraph text
118. Welcomes the efforts made by the Secretary-General to raise awareness among all Member States and the general public of career opportunities in conference services, including through the increased use of social media;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2019), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Underlining that cooperation is a matter not only of relations of good-neighbourliness, coexistence or reciprocity but also of a willingness to look beyond mutual interests in order to advance the general interest,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2019), para. 54

Original document
Paragraph text
25. Calls upon States to further advance initiatives aimed at enhancing international cooperation in the field of human rights on issues of common interest and concern, bearing in mind the need to promote a cooperative and constructive approach in this regard;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Pattern of conferences (2017), para. 004

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming its resolution 42/207 C of 11 December 1987, in which it requested the Secretary-General to ensure the equal treatment of the official languages of the United Nations,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 119

Original document
Paragraph text
83. Invites Member States to invest, where necessary and taking into account specific needs and available resources, in capacity-building and quality-enhancing activities for the collection and reporting of information, to participate in joint cooperation efforts organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and by other national, regional or international organizations and bodies, aimed at the exchange of technical knowledge of experts in the area of data collection, analysis and evaluation and of practical experience in the area of drug data, and to regularly report data and information relating to all aspects of the world drug problem to the Office through the annual report questionnaires, and invites the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as the central policymaking body of the United Nations system on drug-related matters, to strengthen the capacity of the Office to collect, analyse, use and disseminate accurate, reliable, objective and comparable data and to reflect such information in the World Drug Report;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Education for democracy (2018), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Encourages international, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, within their respective mandates, to share their best practices and experiences in the field of education for democracy, including but not limited to civic education, with each other and with the United Nations system, as appropriate;
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2007), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Calls upon those States that have made reservations to article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to give serious consideration to withdrawing such reservations as a matter of priority;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (2017), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Expressing grave concern over the devastation caused by the increasing use of improvised explosive devices by illegal armed groups, terrorists and other unauthorized recipients, 1 which has affected a large number of countries and has resulted in thousands of casualties, both civilian and military, and, in this regard, stressing the need for all actors to comply with applicable international law at all times,
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Follow-up to and implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the outcome of the 2008 Review Conference (Doha Declaration on Financing for Development) (2010), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Taking note further of the reports of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development and the report of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 4F 5
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Terrorism and human rights (2020), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
Conscious that there are a number of drivers underlying radicalization to terrorism, and that development based on the principles of social justice, inclusion and equal opportunities can contribute to the prevention of terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism and to the promotion of inclusive, open and resilient societies, notably through education, and affirming the determination of States to work towards conflict resolution, to confront oppression, to eradicate poverty, to promote sustained economic growth, sustainable development, global prosperity, good governance, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and the rule of law, to improve intercultural understanding and to promote respe ct for all,
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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. 207

Original document
Paragraph text
Considering that Burundi continues to face a social, human rights and political crisis that has existed since October 1993, the adverse effects of which are endangering the national economy, as evidenced by the destruction of economic and social infrastructures, declining production and trade and, as a result, shrinking public revenue,
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations andthe African Union (2005), para. 27

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Stresses the need for closer cooperation and coordination between the African Union and the United Nations, and urges the United Nations system to continue to support the African Union on an ongoing basis in accordance with the Cooperation Agreement between the two organizations as well as other memorandums of understanding;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2008), para. 36

Original document
Paragraph text
26. Also reaffirms that each country has the primary responsibility for its own economic and social development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized, and underlines the importance of adopting effective measures, including new financial mechanisms, as appropriate, to support the efforts of developing countries to achieve sustained economic growth, sustainable development, poverty eradication and the strengthening of their democratic systems;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2010), para. 09

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing also that broad international cooperation between Member States and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations is essential for effectively countering the threat of trafficking in persons and other contemporary forms of slavery,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2001), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Emphasizes that all future and existing peacekeeping missions shall be given equal and non-discriminatory treatment in respect of financial and administrative arrangements;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2006), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 59/172 of 20 December 2004,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Reduction of non-strategic nuclear weapons (2004), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Stresses the importance of the enhancement of special security and physical protection measures for the transport and storage of non-strategic nuclear weapons, their components and related materials through, inter alia, the placing of such weapons in physically secure central storage sites, with a view to their removal and subsequent elimination by the nuclear-weapon States as a part of the nuclear disarmament process to which they are committed under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 2 and calls upon all nuclear-weapon States in possession of such weapons to take the necessary steps in this regard;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2011), para. 46

Original document
Paragraph text
8. Calls upon the parties to observe calm and restraint and to refrain from provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric, especially in areas of religious and cultural sensitivity;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2001), para. 34

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Reaffirms that all States should promote the establishment, maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security and, to that end, should do their utmost to achieve general and complete disarmament under effective international control, as well as to ensure that the resources released by effective disarmament measures are used for comprehensive development, in particular that of the developing countries;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2019), para. 38

Original document
Paragraph text
28. Welcomes the commitment and efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner to prevent, mitigate and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, fraud, corruption and other forms of misconduct, and encourages the Office to sustain action with a view to strengthening and enforcing the zero - tolerance approach within the Office;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2001), para. 30

Original document
Paragraph text
(v) The use of weapons, including indiscriminate artillery shelling and landmines, against the civilian population;
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening United Nations action in the field of human rights through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity (2002), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
8. Stresses, in this context, the continuing need for impartial and objective information on the political, economic and social situations and events of all countries;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Nuclear disarmament (2006), para. 23

Original document
Paragraph text
Seized of the danger of the use of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, in terrorist acts and the urgent need for concerted international efforts to control and overcome it,
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (2007), para. 16

Original document
Paragraph text
11. Notes with appreciation the ongoing work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to achieve the objective and purpose of the Convention, to ensure the full implementation of its provisions, including those for international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among States parties, and also notes with appreciation the substantial contribution of the Technical Secretariat and the Director-General to the continued development and success of the Organization;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002 (2004), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Welcoming the ratification of the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage by one hundred and seventy-six States parties, and noting the inscription of seven hundred and fifty-four sites on the World Heritage List,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Multilingualism (2011), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing that the United Nations pursues multilingualism as a means of promoting, protecting and preserving diversity of languages and cultures globally,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2019), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Also requests the Special Rapporteur, in view of the tenth anniversary of General Assembly resolution 64/292 and Human Rights Council resolution 15/9 of 30 September 2010 recognizing the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, to initiate and participate in awareness-raising activities, including through social media and with the use of accessible materials, and in collaboration with States, to compile good practices at the local, national, regional and international levels in order to promote the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and to report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fifth session;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Proclamation of 19 August as the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism (2011), para. 2

Original document
Paragraph text
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2005), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 58/11, 6
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (2004), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Reiterating that training activities should be accorded a more visible and larger role in support of the management of international affairs and in the execution of the economic and social development programmes of the United Nations system,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Assistance to the Palestinian people (2013), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Expressing grave concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian assistance,
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2011), para. 09

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting with satisfaction the commitment of the International Organization of la Francophonie to multilateral cooperation for peace, democratic governance and the rule of law, economic governance and solidarity, the environment, sustainable development, and climate change,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Freedom of opinion and expression: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (2014), para. 01

Original document
Paragraph text
The Human Rights Council,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2019), para. 55

Original document
Paragraph text
Inequality in access to social protection
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2014), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
12. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue responding adequately to emergencies, in accordance with its mandate and in cooperation with States, notes the measures taken by the Office to strengthen its capacity to respond to emergencies, and encourages the Office to pursue its efforts to further strengthen its emergency capacity and thereby ensure a more predictable, effective and timely response to coordinated inter-agency efforts;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Global health and foreign policy (2015), para. 44

Original document
Paragraph text
(d) Other appropriate measures, such as national legal frameworks where warranted, to effectively address violence against medical and health personnel;
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2020), para. 031

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing also that scientific advancements can contribute to the effective forecasting of extreme weather events, which allows for a more accurate prediction and early warning of such events, leading to early action,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (2018), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Guided also by the provisions of article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which affirm that all peoples have the right to self-determination,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (2020), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing further the need to determine gaps, obstacles, synergies and challenges in the implementation of commitments and instruments in the sustainable development field, in a coherent and integrated manner, and with a view to pursuing and achieving policy coherence as well as identifying new opportunities and emerging challenges for international cooperation on the path towards sustainable development,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of New Caledonia (2018), para. 61

Original document
Paragraph text
29. Recalls the peaceful conduct of provincial elections in New Caledonia on 11 May 2014, the preceding municipal elections and the subsequent efforts to form a new Government of New Caledonia, and encourages constructive engagement by all stakeholders in further developing New Caledonia for all, including by respecting and upholding the Nouméa Accord;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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 (2000), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Urges those specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system which have not yet provided assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2008), para. 27

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Decides to continue its examination of the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran at its sixty-third session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, and to this end requests the Secretary- General to submit to it at that session a comprehensive report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The negative impact of corruption on the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2018), para. 24

Original document
Paragraph text
15. Stresses that corruption in any area of the justice system has a negative impact on its independence, impartiality and effectiveness, including its mechanisms that investigate and prosecute acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and provide access to justice, redress and compensation for victims of such acts;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Status of Palestine in the United Nations (2012), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and stressing in this regard the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2018), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling also the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on 8 September 2001, 9 in particular paragraph 2 of the Declaration and paragraph 86 of the Programme of Action, as well as the relevant provisions of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference of 24 April 2009, 10 in particular paragraphs 11 and 54,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to privacy in the digital age (2019), para. 52

Original document
Paragraph text
(n) To consider developing or to maintain legislation, preventive measures and remedies addressing harm from the processing, use, sale or multiple resale or other corporate sharing of personal data without the individual’s free, explicit and informed consent;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Technical cooperation for the prevention of attacks against persons with albinism (2013), para. 01

Original document
Paragraph text
The Human Rights Council,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context (2003), para. 11

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Calls upon Member States to refrain from the use or threat of use of force in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Nuclear disarmament (2004), para. 24

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Recognizes that, in view of recent political developments, the time is now opportune for all the nuclear-weapon States to take effective disarmament measures with a view to achieving the elimination of these weapons;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief (2007), para. 29

Original document
Paragraph text
(c) To review, whenever relevant, existing registration practices in order to ensure the right of all persons to manifest their religion or belief, alone or in community with others and in public or in private;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Follow-up to the Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighbouring States (2004), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Taking note of the positive results emanating from the implementation of the Programme of Action,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Organization of the 2016 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (2016), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
14. Requests the President of the General Assembly, with support from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting no later than 15 April 2016, including the identification of a person openly living with HIV and an eminent person actively engaged in the response to HIV/AIDS to speak at the opening plenary meeting; the identification of themes and finalization of the panel discussions; and the arrangements for the informal interactive hearing with civil society and the private sector;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and terrorism (2005), para. 29

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Strongly condemns the violations of the right to life, liberty and security;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2008), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 2F 3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2005), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Urges malaria-endemic countries to increase domestic resource allocation to malaria control;
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (2019), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming that the Programme of Assistance is a core activity of the United Nations and that it has provided the foundation for the effort s of the United Nations to promote a better knowledge of international law for more than half a century,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors, and the independence of lawyers (2013), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Calls on States to ensure that prosecutors can perform their functional activities in an independent, objective and impartial manner;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementationand Programme of Action (2017), para. 36

Original document
Paragraph text
Group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan (2006), para. 27

Original document
Paragraph text
(f) Continuing restrictions on the exercise of the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, including the use of registration procedures as a means to limit the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion of members of certain religious communities;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Industrial development cooperation (2013), para. 23

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Further emphasizes that, in order to create the right environment for sustainable industrial development, the international community and the private sector, as appropriate, should accelerate measures to facilitate the development, transfer and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies, on mutually agreed terms, to developing countries;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons (2013), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Notes with satisfaction that in the Conference on Disarmament there is no objection, in principle, to the idea of an international convention to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, although the difficulties with regard to evolving a common approach acceptable to all have also been pointed out;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Nuclear disarmament (2017), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the urgent need to take concrete practical steps towards achieving the establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2019), para. 77

Original document
Paragraph text
46. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of la Francophonie for their sustained efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the two organizations, thereby serving their mutual interests in the political, economic, social, cultural and environmental fields, in particular in the framework of the joint activities carried out by the International Organization of la Francophonie with the United Nations Environment Programme and with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as well as in the context of developing exchanges between the International Organization of la Francophonie and United Nations Volunteers;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Condemnation of the attack on United Nations personnel and premises in Baghdad (2003), para. 4

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Strongly condemns the atrocious and deliberate attack on the United Nations Office in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, which killed fifteen United Nations staff members, the largest number ever in one incident, and seven others, and wounded more than one hundred persons;
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2018), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 70/209 of 22 December 2015 and other previous resolutions on the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development,
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The financial crisis and its impact on growth and development, especially in the developing countries (1999), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
12. Also stresses the need to strengthen international and national financial systems through a more effective national, regional and international surveillance of both the public and private sectors, based upon the improvement of the availability and transparency of information, as well as the strengthening of the role of the International Monetary Fund in this regard, and the collaboration of the World Bank with technical assistance and capacity-building in this matter;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (2004), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
10. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his continued efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system and the Organization of the Islamic Conference and its subsidiary organs and specialized and affiliated institutions to serve the mutual interests of the two organizations in the political, economic, social, cultural, humanitarian and scientific fields;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Relationship between disarmament and development (2018), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Missing persons (2009), para. 28

Original document
Paragraph text
15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution, including relevant recommendations, to the Human Rights Council at its relevant session and to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (2014), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 68/41 of 5 December 2013,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2019), para. 56

Original document
Paragraph text
27. Recognizes that the response of the international community to pandemics that constitute a threat to public health and to various natural disasters is an example to follow in terms of solidarity and international cooperation;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The situation in Afghanistan (2018), para. 72

Original document
Paragraph text
51. Recognizes the necessity for further improvement in the living conditions of the Afghan people, and emphasizes the need to strengthen and support the development of the capacity of the Government of Afghanistan to deliver basic social services at the national, provincial and local levels, in particular education and public health services;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (2015), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Encourages cooperation among and between Member States and relevant regional and international organizations for strengthening national capacities in this regard;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Renewal of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership (1996), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Stresses the need to put development at the centre of United Nations activities and that the United Nations has a central role to play in promoting international economic cooperation for development and in bringing development issues to the attention of the international community;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2015), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
Underlining the fact that mutual understanding, dialogue, cooperation, transparency and confidence-building are fundamental elements in all activities for the promotion and protection of human rights,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International financial system and development (2013), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Notes the important efforts undertaken nationally, regionally and internationally to respond to the challenges posed by the financial and economic crisis, and recognizes that more needs to be done in order to promote the economic recovery, to address turbulence in global financial and commodity markets, to tackle high unemployment and indebtedness in several countries, as well as widespread fiscal strains, to reinforce the banking sector, including by increasing its transparency and accountability, to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Local government and human rights (2016), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling further General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015 on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which the Assembly adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and its commitments to working tirelessly for full implementation of the Agenda by 2030 at all levels,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2019), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Mindful also of the need to ensure coordination and cooperation with the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Measures to eliminate international terrorism (1998), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Deeply disturbed by the persistence of terrorist acts, which have taken place worldwide,
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Disaster risk reduction (2020), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
Reiterating the pledge that no one will be left behind, reaffirming the recognition that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, and the wish to see the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2004), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
Guided by the relevant provisions on protection contained in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 13 February 1946, 11 the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947, 12 the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 13 and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, and Amended Protocol II of 3 May 1996 14 to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects of 10 October 1980, 15
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Culture and sustainable development (2014), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling that, in its resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010, entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, the General Assembly emphasized the importance of culture for development and its contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and, in that respect, encouraged international cooperation in the cultural field, aimed at achieving development objectives,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Freedom of religion or belief (2017), para. 30

Original document
Paragraph text
(e) To ensure that no one is discriminated against on the basis of his or her religion or belief in their access to, inter alia, education, medical care, employment, humanitarian assistance or social benefits, and to ensure that everyone has the right and the opportunity to have access, on general terms of equality, to public services in their country, without any discrimination on the basis of religion or belief;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Humanitarian
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (2004), para. 5

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling further the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 6
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe (2006), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Takes note of the important role of the European Court of Human Rights, and invites the Human Rights Council and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to work closely with the Council of Europe, and in particular its Commissioner for Human Rights, in promoting respect for human rights;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (1999), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Calls upon the concerned parties, the co-sponsors of the peace process and other interested parties, as well as the entire international community to exert all the necessary efforts and initiatives to bring the peace process back on track and to ensure its continuity and success;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Oceans and the law of the sea (2001), para. 005

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming that the Convention sets out the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out and is of strategic importance as the basis for national, regional and global action in the marine sector, and that its integrity needs to be maintained, as recognized also by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in chapter 17 of Agenda 21, 3
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions (2001), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Concerned about the special economic problems confronting certain States arising from the carrying out of preventive or enforcement measures taken by the Security Council against other States, and taking into account the obligation of Members of the United Nations under Article 49 of the Charter of the United Nations to join in affording mutual assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by the Security Council,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Report of the Conference on Disarmament (2009), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching agreement on concrete issues,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights (2018), para. 39

Original document
Paragraph text
11. Recognizes that the responsible operations of transnational corporations and other business enterprises can contribute to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular economic, social and cultural rights;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Combating defamation of religions (2010), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing also the need to effectively combat defamation of all religions, and incitement to religious hatred in general,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education and public information activities in the field of human rights (1997), para. 27

Original document
Paragraph text
14. Stresses the need for close collaboration between the High Commissioner/Centre for Human Rights and the Department of Public Information in the implementation of the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights and the Plan of Action and the need to harmonize their activities with those of other organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the project entitled "Towards a culture of peace" and the International Committee of the Red Cross and relevant non-governmental organizations with regard to the dissemination of information on international humanitarian law;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2008), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Urges the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to increase collaboration with intergovernmental, international and regional organizations that have mandates related to transnational organized crime, as appropriate, in order to share best practices and to take advantage of their unique and comparative advantage;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and cultural diversity (2010), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling that, as stated in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, contained in the annex to its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, States have the duty to cooperate with one another, irrespective of the differences in their political, economic and social systems, in the various spheres of international relations, in the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, and in the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and all forms of religious intolerance,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights (2016), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Continues to invite national human rights institutions to consider addressing the issue of the role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights in the framework of relevant international and regional forums;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (2011), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling that, without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights (2013), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing the need to fully implement the global partnership for development and enhance the momentum generated by the 2005 World Summit in order to operationalize and implement the commitments made in the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the 2005 World Summit, in the economic, social and related fields, and reaffirming in particular the commitment contained in paragraphs 19 and 47 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome 14 to promote fair globalization and the development of the productive sectors in developing countries to enable them to participate more effectively in and benefit from the process of globalization,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2011), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Taking note of the resolutions adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and circulated in the General Assembly and the many activities undertaken by the organization in support of the United Nations,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (2004), para. 070

Original document
Paragraph text
1. A State instituting a proceeding before a court of another State cannot invoke immunity from the jurisdiction of the court in respect of any counterclaim arising out of the same legal relationship or facts as the principal claim.
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2003), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020), para. 091

Original document
Paragraph text
54. Acknowledges the continuing efforts made and the progress achieved in countering the world drug problem, and stresses the need to str engthen and intensify joint efforts at the national, regional and international levels to tackle the global challenges related to the world drug problem in a more comprehensive manner, in accordance with the principle of common and shared responsibility, including by means of enhanced and better-coordinated technical and financial assistance;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting the enormous effort that will be required to alleviate the grave situation caused by this natural disaster,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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) (2013), para. 37

Original document
Paragraph text
14. Requests the Secretary-General of the conference to prepare, using the expertise of the United Nations system, a proposal, for consideration by the Governing Council of UN-Habitat at its twenty-fourth session, on how best to provide inputs for and support to the preparatory process of the conference in the most inclusive, efficient, effective and improved manner, and to proceed accordingly;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet (2012), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Affirms that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable regardless of frontiers and through any media of one’s choice, in accordance with articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) (2019), para. 58

Original document
Paragraph text
21. Stresses the importance of using multidimensional indicators and developing transparent measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product in order to effectively reflect the reality of th e populations of all developing countries, eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, and reduce inequality everywhere, in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights (2018), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing the need to fully implement the global partnership for development and enhance the momentum generated by the 2005 World Summit in order to operationalize and implement the commitments made in the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the 2005 World Summit, in the economic, social and related fields, and reaffirming in particular the commitment contained in paragraphs 19 and 47 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome 14 to promote fair globalization and the development of the productive sectors in developing countries to enable them to participate more effectively in and benefit from the process of globalization,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 182

Original document
Paragraph text
Use of force under the Charter of the United Nations
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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. 33

Original document
Paragraph text
5. 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 Madagascar;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence (2017), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming also the significance of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and recalling in this regard the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity as effective international instruments for the prevention and punishment of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka (2014), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts (1997), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Notes with satisfaction that the Twenty-sixth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent endorsed the Final Declaration of the International Conference for the Protection of War Victims, 4 adopted on 1 September 1993, which reaffirms the necessity of making the implementation of international humanitarian law more effective;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (2005), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting the continued progress made by the Institute in its various programmes and activities, including the strengthened cooperation with other organizations of the United Nations system and with regional and national institutions,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2015), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
Welcoming the successful holding on 9 September 2015 of the General Assembly High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace, convened by the President of the Assembly, the greater participation, in particular of Member States, and the wide-ranging partnership and inclusive collaboration among Member States, international organizations and civil society, as evidenced at the Forum, and welcoming also with appreciation the observance in 2015 by the Forum of the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promoting investments for sustainable development (2020), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing that success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions depends on the creation of enabling environments at all levels,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2002), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing the continuing need for extraordinary efforts in order to maintain, at least at the current level, the activities of the Agency, as well as to enable the Agency to carry out essential construction,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2007), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
(c) The continuing use of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment such as flogging and amputations;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (2001), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Also expresses concern at the delay experienced by the Secretary-General in deploying and providing adequate resources to some recent peacekeeping missions, in particular those in Africa;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2017), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the positive role that regional human rights systems can play in the global protection against arbitrary deprivation of life,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of Saint Helena (2018), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
Convinced that any negotiations to determine the status of the Territory must take place with the active involvement and participation of the people of the Territory, under the auspices of the United Nations, on a case-by-case basis, and that the views of the people of Saint Helena in respect of their right to self-determination should be ascertained,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Model Legislative Provisions on Public-Private Partnerships of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (2019), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Convinced that public-private partnerships can play an important role in improving the provision and sound management of infrastructure and public services and in supporting government efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation against the world drug problem (2011), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting with grave concern also the global increased abuse and manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants as well as the proliferation of chemical precursors used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and the emergence of new methods of diversion used by organized criminal groups,
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (2018), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Confirming its commitment to the Declaration on International Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for the Benefit and in the Interest of All States, Taking into Particular Account the Needs of Developing Countries, as contained in the annex to its resolution 51/122 of 13 December 1996,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003), para. 39

Original document
Paragraph text
(c) The intention of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to suspend the moratorium on the carrying out of the death penalty;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2017), para. 01

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 021

Original document
Paragraph text
• Human rights and the rule of law
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and cultural diversity (2006), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Welcoming also the contribution of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, to the promotion of respect for cultural diversity,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2020), para. 018

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing further that inclusive economic growth and sustainable development are essential for the prevention of and preparedness for natural disasters and other emergencies,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-sixth session (2014), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the importance for the successful work of the International Law Commission of the information provided by Member States concerning their views and practice,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2007), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, other instruments relating to human rights and international law,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels (2012), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
14. We emphasize the right of equal access to justice for all, including members of vulnerable groups, and the importance of awareness-raising concerning legal rights, and in this regard we commit to taking all necessary steps to provide fair, transparent, effective, non-discriminatory and accountable services that promote access to justice for all, including legal aid.
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1997), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Expresses its grave concern at indications, according to the information received by the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, of a significant toughening of criminal legislation and its application in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in particular at the incidence of capital punishment imposed for apostasy and non-violent crimes, in violation of the relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 and United Nations safeguards;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2009), para. 15

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Welcomes the reaffirmation by Governments of their will and commitment to continue implementing the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action, 1 in particular to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and foster social integration to achieve stable, safe and just societies for all;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to development (2019), para. 27

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing that, in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, the Assembly decided that the responsibility of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights shall be, among others, to promote and protect the realization of the right to development, and to enhance support from relevant bodies of the United Nations system for that purpose,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation in criminal matters (2015), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to designate central authorities responsible for mutual legal assistance requests in accordance with article 18, paragraph 13, of the Organized Crime Convention, article 46, paragraph 13, of the Convention against Corruption and article 7, paragraph 8, of the 1988 Convention;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (1995), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 33/18 of 10 November 1978, by which it granted observer status to the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations (2007), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
Cognizant of the importance of the Caribbean Sea to present and future generations and to the heritage and the continuing economic well-being and sustenance of people living in the area, and the urgent need for the countries of the region to take appropriate steps for its preservation and protection, with the support of the international community,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 212

Original document
Paragraph text
(d) Strengthening the central role of the United Nations in enhancing global partnerships for development, with a view to creating a supportive global environment for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2004), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling further all previous resolutions or decisions on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights, in particular Assembly resolution 57/200 of 18 December 2002 and Commission resolution 2003/32 of 23 April 2003, 4
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments (2015), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, which was established to save succeeding generations from the untold suffering of the scourge of war, representing a historic opportunity to reaffirm that nuclear weapons should never be used again and to advance nuclear disarmament,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2014), para. 58

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Reaffirms the necessity of achieving a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in all its aspects, and of intensifying all efforts towards that end, and stresses in this regard the urgency of salvaging the prospects for realizing the two-State solution of Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, based on the pre-1967 borders;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to development (2000), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Also reaffirms that democracy, development and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and in this context affirms that:
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International trade and development (2003), para. 38

Original document
Paragraph text
22. Also invites donors and other countries in a position to do so to make voluntary contributions to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund of the World Trade Organization, and further invites the World Trade Organization to cooperate closely with other organizations having the necessary expertise and comparative advantage in delivering technical assistance;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to development (2017), para. 26

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Requests the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, including on inter-agency coordination within the United Nations system that have direct relevance to the realization of the right to development, and to provide an analysis of its implementation, taking into account existing challenges and making recommendations on how to overcome them, in his next annual report;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America (2020), para. 31

Original document
Paragraph text
11. Recognizes the continued need to support sustainable tourism activities and relevant capacity-building efforts that promote environmental awareness, conserve and protect the environment, respect wildlife, biodiversity, ecosystems and cultural diversity and improve the welfare and livelihoods of local communities by supporting their local economies and the human and natural environment as a whole;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in Nigeria (1998), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
(b) That the absence of representative government in Nigeria has led to violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and is contrary to the popular support for democratic government as evidenced in the 1993 elections;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2017), para. 018

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing that the primary mission of the Department of Public Information is to provide, through its outreach activities, accurate, impartial, comprehensive, balanced, timely, relevant and multilingual information to the public on the tasks and responsibilities of the United Nations in order to strengthen international support for the activities of the Organization with the greatest transparency,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2019), para. 42

Original document
Paragraph text
(i) The principle of equitable regional and gender-balanced representation in the composition of the staff of the United Nations system;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Terrorism and human rights (2019), para. 42

Original document
Paragraph text
21. Calls upon States to refrain from providing support to entities or persons involved in terrorist acts, including support in establishing propaganda platforms advocating hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, including through the Internet and other media, and emphasizes in this regard the key importance of full respect for the right to freedom of opinion and expression as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to education in emergency situations (2010), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Welcomes the work carried out by the Committee on the Rights of the Child through the holding on 19 September 2008 of a day of general discussion on the right of the child to education in emergency situations;
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • Children
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2006), para. 39

Original document
Paragraph text
23. Stresses that the effective functioning at the country level of security operations requires a unified capacity for policy, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2013), para. 41

Original document
Paragraph text
21. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons”.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (2009), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Recognizes that the Regional Centre has an important role in the promotion and development of regional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons, as well as in the relationship between disarmament and development;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: successor arrangements (2000), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling further the forward-looking platform for international concerted disaster reduction as developed by the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction and as expressed in the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, 1 Reiterating that natural disasters damage the social and economic infrastructure of all countries, although the long-term consequences of natural disasters are especially severe for developing countries and hamper their sustainable development,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Right to development (1998), para. 44

Original document
Paragraph text
17. Affirms, in the above regard, that the inclusion of the Declaration on the Right to Development in the International Bill of Human Rights 14 would be an appropriate means of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Maintenance of international security – good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe (2002), para. 30

Original document
Paragraph text
13. Emphasizes the importance of continuous regional efforts and intensified dialogue in South-Eastern Europe aimed at arms control, disarmament and confidence-building measures as well as strengthening cooperation and undertaking appropriate measures at the national, subregional and regional levels to prevent and suppress acts of terrorism;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination (2015), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the relevant resolutions regarding the violation of the right of peoples to self-determination and other human rights as a result of foreign military intervention, aggression and occupation, adopted by the Commission on Human Rights at its sixty-first 2 and previous sessions,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Report of the Secretary-General on environment and human settlements (1999), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Conscious of the continued deterioration of the global environment and the state of human settlements, despite some positive achievements, as well as of the need to strengthen the institutions of the United Nations charged with responsibility for environment and human settlements, to improve their performance and to promote coordination in the implementation of the environmental and human settlements dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2017), para. 126

Original document
Paragraph text
89. Calls upon Member States to strengthen international and regional cooperation and coordination to counter the threat to the international community caused by the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, especially those in the opium group, as well as other aspects of the world drug problem, and to continue to take concerted measures within the framework of the Paris Pact 23 and other relevant regional and international initiatives and mechanisms, in order to strengthen cross - border cooperation and information exchange, with a view to countering drug trafficking, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other international and regional organizations;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 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 (2015), para. 017

Original document
Paragraph text
Expressing concern over the current and projected adverse effects of climate change on food security and the sustainability of fisheries, and noting in that regard the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Food & Nutrition
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Multilingualism (2007), para. 34

Original document
Paragraph text
19. Also recalls paragraph 17 of section II of its resolution 61/244, in which it acknowledged that the interaction of the United Nations with the local population in the field was essential and that language skills constituted an important element of the selection and training processes, and therefore affirmed that a good command of the official language(s) spoken in the country of residence should be taken into account as an additional asset during those processes;
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel (2008), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Deeply concerned by and strongly condemning all acts of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations staff and related personnel,
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (1997), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity 1 and of his efforts to strengthen that cooperation and to implement the relevant resolutions;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (2013), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
Gravely concerned in particular by reports regarding serious human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, including the findings in the summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the Board of Inquiry 6 and in the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, 7 and reiterating the necessity for serious follow-up by all parties to the recommendations addressed to them towards ensuring accountability and justice,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Procurement reform (2005), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Notes with appreciation the progress achieved in the harmonization and streamlining of procurement practices;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all (2019), para. 21

Original document
Paragraph text
Convinced further that international cooperation in the field of human rights contributes to creating an international environment of peace and stability,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Developing human resources for development (2000), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Urges increased investments in all aspects of human development, such as education and training, health and nutrition, to achieve universal coverage and the well-being of all;
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2018), para. 54

Original document
Paragraph text
15. Strongly urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms and, in this regard:
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2009), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
Taking into consideration all relevant Economic and Social Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 2008/23, 2008/24 and 2008/25 of 24 July 2008, and all those relating to the strengthening of international cooperation as well as the technical assistance and advisory services of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, promotion and reinforcement of the rule of law and reform of criminal justice institutions, including with regard to the implementation of technical assistance,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia (2016), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub -item entitled “Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia”.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (2016), para. 16

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 to make global mine action efforts more effective;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Integration of the economies in transition into the world economy (2003), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming further the need for the full integration of the countries with economies in transition into the world economy,
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening international cooperation in preventing and combating trafficking in persons and protecting victims of such trafficking (2004), para. 44

Original document
Paragraph text
14. Encourages Member States to target the link, where appropriate, between trafficking in persons for purposes of sexual and other forms of exploitation and other types of crime;
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Development cooperation with middle-income countries (2014), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
8. Encourages developed countries, and developing countries declaring themselves in a position to do so, to take steps towards the goal of realizing the timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration adopted by the World Trade Organization in 2005;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (1997), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Urges all relevant organizations of the United Nations system to participate actively in the follow-up process established by Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/56;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 026

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting with grave concern also the increasing sophistication of the transnational criminal groups engaged in the illicit manufacture and distribution of amphetamine - type stimulants worldwide, as well as the proliferation and diversion of chemical precursors used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances,
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East (2019), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the inalienable right of all States to acquire and develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Information and communications technologies for sustainable development (2018), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels, 6
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Jerusalem (2013), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Expressing its grave concern about any action taken by any body, governmental or non-governmental, in violation of the above-mentioned resolutions,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Culture and sustainable development (2020), para. 57

Original document
Paragraph text
(k) To support national legal frameworks and policies for the protection and preservation of cultural heritage and cultural property, encouraging initiatives to fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property, and for the return of cultural property, in accordance with national legislation and applicable international legal frameworks;
Topic(s)
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization (2020), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming that democracy is a universal value based on the freely expressed will of the people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all aspects of their lives,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (2010), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Welcoming the physical operation of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/52 of 5 December 2007,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2010), para. 16

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Urges all States to cease adopting or implementing any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States, in particular those of a coercive nature with all their extraterritorial effects, which create obstacles to trade relations among States, thus impeding the full realization of the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 11F 12 and other international human rights instruments, in particular the right of individuals and peoples to development;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2006), para. 42

Original document
Paragraph text
(p) To continue to take action to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic;
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Prevention of an arms race in outer space (1999), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Recognizes, in this respect, the growing convergence of views on the elaboration of measures designed to strengthen transparency, confidence and security in the peaceful uses of outer space;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

New international humanitarian order (2005), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing the importance of continued international cooperation in support of the efforts of affected States in dealing with natural disasters and complex emergencies in all their phases,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Political declaration adopted at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit (2018), para. 15

Original document
Paragraph text
14. We acknowledge the incontrovertible truth that conflict is in all ways more costly than preventive diplomacy. No effort should be spared to settle conflicts through peaceful means. We therefore express our full support for the work of the United Nations and strive to support peace processes, conflict prevention and resolution efforts, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction and development.
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (2006), para. 32

Original document
Paragraph text
24. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to take additional measures to ensure the safety and security of all personnel under the auspices of the United Nations participating in the Observer Mission, bearing in mind paragraphs 5 and 6 of Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights (2019), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming that no State may use or encourage the use of any type of measure, including but not limited to economic or political measures, to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights and to secure from it advantages of any kind,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to food (2017), para. 65

Original document
Paragraph text
32. Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, while recognizing the efforts of Member States in this regard, and once again invites all international financial and development institutions, and the relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, to give priority to and provide the funding necessary to realize the right to food, as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security, and to achieve the aims of Sustainable Development Goal 2 and other food and nutrition-related targets;
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2017), para. 26

Original document
Paragraph text
(f) Systematic abduction, denial of repatriation and subsequent enforced disappearance of persons, including those from other countries, on a large scale and as a matter of State policy;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (2001), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
8. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the report of the Committee to all the competent bodies of the United Nations, and urges them to take the necessary action, as appropriate;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Equal Pay Day (2020), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2016), para. 48

Original document
Paragraph text
36. Emphasizes that all efforts to bring a peaceful conclusion to the ongoing conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic must fully reflect the importance of ensuring accountability for the crimes committed in the country as a prerequisite to bring about reconciliation and sustainable peace;
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2013), para. 11

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing that the three core themes of social development, namely, poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration, are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, and that an enabling environment therefore needs to be created so that all three objectives can be pursued simultaneously,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security (1994), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing that scientific and technological developments can have both civilian and military applications and that progress in science and technology for civilian applications needs to be maintained and encouraged,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 072

Original document
Paragraph text
15. Calls upon donor agencies and international financial institutions to keep their programmes systematically under review to ensure the availability in all States, particularly in developing States, of the economic, legal, navigational, scientific and technical skills necessary for the full implementation of the Convention and the objectives of the present resolution, as well as the sustainable development of the oceans and seas nationally, regionally and globally, and in so doing to bear in mind the interests and needs of landlocked developing States;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Declaration on the Enhancement of Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional Arrangements or Agencies in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security (1995), para. 26

Original document
Paragraph text
Considering that such enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and regional arrangements or agencies would promote collective security in accordance with the Charter,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights (2011), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Bearing in mind also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, which reiterates, inter alia, the need to consider the possibility of establishing regional and subregional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights where they do not already exist,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (1995), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Takes note of the status of assessed contributions to the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia as at 22 December 1994, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 5,721,960 United States dollars, and urges all Member States concerned to make every possible effort to ensure the payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2016), para. 19

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization; 6
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Measures to eliminate international terrorism (2010), para. 19

Original document
Paragraph text
Emphasizing that tolerance and dialogue among civilizations and the enhancement of interfaith and intercultural understanding are among the most important elements in promoting cooperation and success in combating terrorism, and welcoming the various initiatives to this end,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (2019), para. 46

Original document
Paragraph text
27. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have made voluntary contributions to support the Programme of Assistance;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2016), para. 23

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Also reaffirms that a democratic and equitable international order fosters the full realization of all human rights for all;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation (2014), para. 08

Original document
Paragraph text
Aware of the need to advance further in the field of arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament on the basis of universal, multilateral, non-discriminatory and transparent negotiations with the goal of reaching general and complete disarmament under strict international control,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Khmer Rouge trials (2003), para. 09

Original document
Paragraph text
Welcoming in particular the promulgation of the Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of Democratic Kampuchea, and noting with appreciation the general provisions and competence of the Law and its provision for a role for the United Nations,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage (2018), para. 26

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Calls for the development of partnerships between competent national authorities and civil society, in particular grass-roots institutions, with the aim of creating a safe and enabling environment to enhance the protection of cultural rights and to promote the right of everyone to take part in cultural life, including the ability to access and enjoy cultural heritage;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Strongly condemns the widespread, systematic and gross violations of human rights, acts of violence, ongoing atrocities and indiscriminate targeting of civilians by the Syrian authorities, and also condemns the human rights violations and crimes that members of the Government-controlled militia Shabbiha continue to commit against the Syrian people;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2016), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming that dialogue among religions, cultures and civilizations could contribute greatly to the enhancement of international cooperation at all levels,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2003), para. 34

Original document
Paragraph text
11. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit, through the Secretary-General, a report on the implementation of the programme of activities for the Decade to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (1999), para. 18

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Expresses its appreciation to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the Commission on Human Rights for its humanitarian work;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Combating defamation of religions (2011), para. 24

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the importance of the intersection of religion and race and that instances can arise of multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination on the basis of religion and other grounds, such as race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation (2013), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing also that the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, are among the most immediate threats to international peace and security which need to be dealt with, with the highest priority,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights in the administration of justice (1998), para. 12

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Reiterates its call to all Member States to spare no effort in providing for effective legislative and other mechanisms and procedures, as well as adequate resources, to ensure the full implementation of those standards;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Questions relating to information (2003), para. 020

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing that the primary mission of the Department of Public Information is to provide, through its outreach activities, accurate, impartial, comprehensive and timely information to the public on the tasks and responsibilities of the United Nations in order to strengthen international support for the activities of the Organization with the greatest transparency,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Day of Living Together in Peace (2018), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
Encouraging the continued and increasing efforts and activities on the part of civil society organizations throughout the world in advancing a culture of peace, as envisaged in the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and cultural diversity (2014), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing also the contribution that diverse cultures have been making to the development and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (2005), para. 19

Original document
Paragraph text
10. Takes note of the cooperation between the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization and the World Bank and the World Trade Organization and the working contacts with the World Tourism Organization, aimed at the sustainable development of the Black Sea region;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Administration of justice at the United Nations (2007), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Reiterating that a transparent, impartial, independent and effective system of administration of justice is a necessary condition for ensuring fair and just treatment of United Nations staff and is important for the success of human resources reform in the Organization,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts (2014), para. 19

Original document
Paragraph text
Noting also the work undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross in its Health Care in Danger project regarding the protection of the provision of and access to health care,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2007), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
13. Also requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime with coordinating the activities of the inter-agency coordination group, which should be based in Vienna, bearing in mind the availability of extrabudgetary resources;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 32

Original document
Paragraph text
16. Further welcomes the importance given by the States members of the International Organization of la Francophonie to cooperating in the area of international criminal justice and facilitating the development of judicial cooperation procedures between States, which is essential in prosecuting perpetrators of the most serious crimes;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (2011), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, on request, substantive support for the initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by the Member States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions (2004), para. 29

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Renews its invitation to the Security Council to consider the establishment of further mechanisms or procedures, as appropriate, for consultations as early as possible under Article 50 of the Charter of the United Nations with third States which are or may be confronted with special economic problems arising from the carrying out of preventive or enforcement measures imposed by the Council under Chapter VII of the Charter, with regard to a solution of those problems, including appropriate ways and means for increasing the effectiveness of its methods and procedures applied in the consideration of requests by the affected States for assistance;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Industrial development cooperation (2003), para. 11

Original document
Paragraph text
3. Emphasizes the necessity of a favourable international and national environment for the industrialization of developing countries, and urges all Governments to adopt and to implement development policies and strategies that promote, within a framework of transparent and accountable industrialization policies, inter alia, enterprise development, foreign direct investment, technological adaptation and innovation, expanded access to markets and effective use of official development assistance to enable developing countries to enhance an environment that is attractive to investment, so as to augment and supplement domestic resources for the expansion, diversification and modernization of their industrial production capacity in the context of an open, equitable, non-discriminatory, transparent, multilateral and rule-based international trading system;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (2015), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling also the designation of 25 March as the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (2010), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
11. Reaffirms that the provisions of the Convention shall be implemented in a manner that avoids hampering the economic or technological development of States parties and international cooperation in the field of chemical activities for purposes not prohibited under the Convention, including the international exchange of scientific and technical information, and chemicals and equipment for the production, processing or use of chemicals for purposes not prohibited under the Convention;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enlightenment and religious tolerance (2018), para. 13

Original document
Paragraph text
Seriously concerned by intolerance and the existence of discrimination on account of religion or belief, and by the ongoing violence in the world, in which terrorist groups have targeted people for their religion or beliefs,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2017), para. 35

Original document
Paragraph text
10. Recalls that, according to the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and to the relevant principles and provisions contained in the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, in particular article 32 thereof, no State may use or encourage the use of economic, political or any other type of measure to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights and to secure from it advantages of any kind;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Administration of justice at the United Nations (2010), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Reaffirms its resolutions 61/261, 62/228 and 63/253 on the establishment of the new system of administration of justice;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2000), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
(c) To reaffirm publicly their commitment to international human rights and principles and to recognize, protect and promote all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Situation of human rights in parts of South-Eastern Europe (2002), para. 11

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Also notes the progress in the region, and encourages further free, fair, inclusive and democratic elections throughout the region as an important element of the rule of law and the promotion and protection of human rights;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (2006), para. 32

Original document
Paragraph text
18. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide, including from the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, the necessary assistance for holding international and regional meetings of national institutions;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Freedom of opinion and expression: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (2014), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing that the effective exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, as enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is essential for the enjoyment of other human rights and freedoms and constitutes a fundamental pillar for building a democratic society and strengthening democracy, bearing in mind that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2016), para. 32

Original document
Paragraph text
(a) The promotion and protection of human rights are not criminalized or met with limitations in contravention of the obligations and commitments of States under international human rights law;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights (2015), para. 28

Original document
Paragraph text
1. Recognizes that, while globalization, by its impact on, inter alia, the role of the State, may affect human rights, the promotion and protection of all human rights is first and foremost the responsibility of the State;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of Bermuda (2019), para. 22

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing the importance of good governance, transparency and accountability in the Territory,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (1994), para. 20

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his continued efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to serve the mutual interests of the two organizations in the political, economic, social and cultural fields;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (2011), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Bearing in mind also, in this regard, the cooperation activities undertaken by the United Nations and the Caribbean Community in fields related to the prevention and eradication of the illicit trade in narcotic drugs, small arms and light weapons, the safety and management of stockpiles and the destruction of surplus weapons and ammunition, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the prohibition and restriction of the use of certain conventional weapons,
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2018), para. 11

Original document
Paragraph text
Acknowledging that the widespread or systematic practice of enforced disappearance is recognized in the Convention as a crime against humanity, as defined in applicable international law,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 057

Original document
Paragraph text
(a) We continue to support efforts by developing countries and countries with economies in transition to create a domestic environment conducive to attracting investments through, inter alia, achieving a transparent, stable and predictable investment climate with proper contract enforcement and respect for property rights and the rule of law and pursuing appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks that encourage business formation;
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2010), para. 29

Original document
Paragraph text
17. Commends and further encourages the constructive role played by civil society, including the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, in promoting nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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 (2018), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 71/247 of 21 December 2016, and taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 2017/30 of 25 July 2017,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 30

Original document
Paragraph text
9. Stresses the important role of the international cooperation and technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system, international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Millennium Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action related to the right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2015), para. 48

Original document
Paragraph text
22. Welcomes the important contribution of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination system to the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance in supporting Member States, upon their request, and the United Nations system in preparedness and humanitarian response, and encourages the continued incorporation into this mechanism of experts from developing countries that are prone to natural disasters;
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Declaration on the Right to Peace (2017), para. 31

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the need for strengthened international efforts to foster a global dialogue for the promotion of a culture of tolerance and peace at all levels, based on respect for human rights and diversity of religions and beliefs,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Promotion of religious and cultural understanding, harmony and cooperation (2005), para. 04

Original document
Paragraph text
Affirming that interreligious dialogue is an integral part of the efforts to translate shared values, as reflected in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 into actions, in particular the efforts to promote a culture of peace and dialogue among civilizations,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights (2018), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
5. Emphasizes that, in General Assembly resolution 70/1, States committed to taking bold and transformative steps that were urgently needed to shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path, pledged that no one would be left behind and that they would endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, recognized that the dignity of the human person was fundamental, envisaged a world of universal respect for equality and non- discrimination and included the concepts of resilience and sustainability in the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies (1999), para. 11

Original document
Paragraph text
Also bearing in mind that democracy, development and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing and that democracy is based on the freely expressed will of the people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and on their full participation in all aspects of their lives,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 76

Original document
Paragraph text
III. Prosecution of crimes of trafficking in persons
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Disaster risk reduction (2017), para. 16

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing the importance of inclusiveness within the United Nations development system and that no one is left behind and no country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1995), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, by which it adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to development (2008), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 0F 1 as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1F 2 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2 0H
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2013), para. 42

Original document
Paragraph text
21. Requests the United Nations funds, programmes and agencies to mainstream the goal of full and productive employment and decent work for all into their policies, programmes and activities, as well as to support efforts of Member States aimed at achieving this objective, and invites financial institutions to support efforts in this regard;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (2001), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
Aware of the potential supportive role of the private sector in implementing at all levels of society the Plan of Action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, 9 and the World Public Information Campaign, through creative initiatives and financial support for governmental and non- governmental activities,
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2009), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Welcoming the progress made at the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and taking note of the decisions of the Conference on the issue of trafficking in persons,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Moratorium on the use of the death penalty (2013), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
(e) To establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

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. 002

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming its annual resolutions on sustainable fisheries, including resolution 63/112 of 5 December 2008, and other relevant resolutions,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (2013), para. 07

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling also that the proliferation of ballistic missiles capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, as recognized by the Security Council in its resolution 1540 (2004) of 28 April 2004 and subsequent resolutions, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Territorial integrity of Ukraine (2014), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
Stressing the importance of maintaining the inclusive political dialogue in Ukraine that reflects the diversity of its society and includes representation from all parts of Ukraine,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2016–2017 (2016), para. 014

Original document
Paragraph text
8. Stresses that all Member States should fulfil their financial obligations as set out in the Charter of the United Nations on time, in full and without conditions;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

A world against violence and violent extremism (2015), para. 23

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Encourages all States and international organizations to generate public awareness, to enlighten the public about the dangers of intolerance and sectarian violence and to react with renewed commitment and action in support of the promotion of tolerance and human rights, and invites them to continue to pay attention to the importance of mutual cooperation, understanding and dialogue in ensuring the promotion of moderation and tolerance and respect for human rights;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The occupied Syrian Golan (2018), para. 16

Original document
Paragraph text
4. Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan, and from its repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization (2016), para. 09

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling also all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions on the topic, including resolutions 19/11 of 22 March 2012, 1 19/36 of 23 March 2012, 1 22/10 of 21 March 2013 2 and 24/8 of 26 September 2013,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights (2012), para. 17

Original document
Paragraph text
6. Emphasizes that the discussion to promote technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council should be based on consultations with and the consent of the States concerned, and should take into account their needs and aim to make a concrete impact on the ground, while technical assistance -shall be provided upon the request of States concerned;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution (2014), para. 14

Original document
Paragraph text
Appreciating the efforts of the Secretary-General, the Member States, regional and subregional organizations and other relevant actors to promote the use of mediation, and in this regard taking note of the United Nations Guidance for Effective Mediation, 1
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Declaration on the Right to Peace (2017), para. 36

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing also the important contribution that civil society organizations can make in building and preserving peace, and in strengthening a culture of peace,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The right to privacy in the digital age (2019), para. 02

Original document
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 3
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

A world against violence and violent extremism (2014), para. 26

Original document
Paragraph text
10. Calls upon Member States to advocate for and disseminate information on tolerance and mutual respect, and underlines the potential contribution of the media and new communications technologies, including the Internet, to promoting respect for all human rights, to developing a better understanding among all religions, beliefs, cultures and peoples, to enhancing tolerance and mutual respect and thus to strengthening the rejection of violent extremism;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2011), para. 10

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, prepared in accordance with the request contained in General Assembly resolution 64/147; 9
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 01

Original document
Paragraph text
The Human Rights Council,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2019), para. 080

Original document
Paragraph text
14. Calls for greater coordination and coherence among United Nations entities and with stakeholders, including donors, host countries and recipients of capacity-building, in countering transnational organized crime;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels (2016), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the crucial role of conventional arms control in promoting regional and international peace and security,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization (1998), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Recalling its resolution 52/169 M of 16 December 1997 on the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Procurement reform (2008), para. 06

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Reaffirms the need for the procurement system to be transparent, open, impartial and cost-effective, based on competitive bidding and fully reflecting the international character of the United Nations;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Freedom of religion or belief (2017), para. 05

Original document
Paragraph text
Recognizing the important work carried out by the Human Rights Committee in providing guidance with respect to the scope of freedom of religion or belief,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combating trafficking in persons (2010), para. 25

Original document
Paragraph text
2. Urges Governments to incorporate a human rights-based approach into measures taken to prevent and end trafficking in persons and to protect, assist and provide access to adequate redress to victims, including the possibility of obtaining compensation from the perpetrators;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Prevention of an arms race in outer space (2016), para. 28

Original document
Paragraph text
7. Recognizes, in this respect, the growing convergence of views on the elaboration of measures designed to strengthen transparency, confidence and security in the peaceful uses of outer space;
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms (2009), para. 03

Original document
Paragraph text
Bearing in mind the contribution of confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms, adopted on the initiative and with the agreement of the States concerned, to the improvement of the overall international peace and security situation,
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Consideration of the elaboration of a draft declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent (2017), para. 01

Original document
Paragraph text
The Human Rights Council,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its first universal session and the implementation of section IV.C, entitled“Environmental pillar in the context of sustainable development”, of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (2014), para. 33

Original document
Paragraph text
18. Urges donors, and other stakeholders in a position to do so, to increase voluntary funding to the United Nations Environment Programme, including to the Environment Fund;
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

New Urban Agenda (2017), para. 186

Original document
Paragraph text
150. We underscore the need for enhanced cooperation and knowledge exchange on science, technology and innovation to benefit sustainable urban development, in full coherence, coordination and synergy with the processes of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism established under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and launched under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Person(s) affected
  • All
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph

330 shown of 10000+ entities

30 more 300 more

  • Uwazi is developed by Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems

  •  
  • Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda
  •  
  • Database
  • Admin Login