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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 18
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- 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
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 119
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- 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
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy (2015), para. 44
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- (d) Other appropriate measures, such as national legal frameworks where warranted, to effectively address violence against medical and health personnel;
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- Gender
- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Organization of the 2016 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (2016), para. 25
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- 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;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2005), para. 14
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- 4. Urges malaria-endemic countries to increase domestic resource allocation to malaria control;
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- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (2019), para. 56
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- 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;
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- Environment
- Health
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- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2018), para. 72
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- 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;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2008), para. 22
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- 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;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020), para. 091
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- 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;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2011), para. 13
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- 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,
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- Health
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Developing human resources for development (2000), para. 13
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- 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;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2009), para. 14
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- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 026
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- 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,
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- Health
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2006), para. 42
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- (p) To continue to take action to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic;
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- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2017), para. 65
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- 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;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts (2014), para. 19
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- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (2011), para. 04
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- 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,
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- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2002), para. 17
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- Recognizing also that the problem of the illicit production of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is often related to development problems and that those links and the promotion of the economic development of countries affected by the illicit drug trade require, within the context of shared responsibility, appropriate measures, including strengthened international cooperation in support of alternative and sustainable development activities, in the affected areas of those countries, that have as their objectives the reduction and elimination of illicit drug production,
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2016), para. 33
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- 4. Calls upon Member States, with the support of development partners, to provide universal access to existing life-saving tools for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria, in particular to the package of core interventions recommended by the World Health Organization, 11 and to ensure equity in access to health services for all people at risk of contracting malaria, especially for the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations, including by strengthening cross- collaboration; 12
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2000), para. 124
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- 16. Objective 10. To provide prevention, education, treatment or rehabilitation services to offenders who misuse drugs, whether in prison or in the community, as an addition to or, where appropriate and consistent with the national laws and policies of Member States, as an alternative to punishment or conviction, and to provide, in particular, drug-abusing offenders held in prison with services to enable them to overcome their dependence and to facilitate their reintegration in the community. That would entail the following:
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to development (2020), para. 28
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- Recognizing that extreme poverty and hunger are among the greatest global threats and require the collective commitment of the international community for their eradication, pursuant to Millennium Development Goal 1 and Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2, and therefore calling upon the international community, including the Human Rights Council, to contribute towards achieving that goal,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2000), para. 133
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- (c) National action. Assessing needs and including and evaluating public information activities as part of national drug strategies;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 041
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- 7. Encourages Member States to enhance North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation, in cooperation with the international development community and other key stakeholders, in order to effectively address and counter the world drug problem;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2010), para. 39
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- 24. Reaffirms the right to use, to the fullest extent, the provisions contained in the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement), 9F 10 the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, 10F 11 the decision of the World Trade Organization’s General Council of 30 August 2003 12 11F and amendments to article 31 of the Agreement, 12F 13 which provide flexibilities for the protection of public health, and in particular to promote access to medicines for all, including the production, under compulsory licensing, of generic drugs in the prevention and treatment of malaria, and resolves to assist developing countries in this regard;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2009), para. 07
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- Recalling also Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 51/11 of 14 March 2008, 8 in which the Commission recognized the increasing links between illicit drug trafficking and illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms,
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- Health
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 41
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- (e) To address the widespread stigma and shame surrounding menstruation and menstrual hygiene by ensuring access to factual information thereon, addressing the negative social norms around the issue and ensuring universal access to hygienic products and gender-sensitive facilities, including disposal options for menstrual products;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Further measures for the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (2004), para. 22
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- (viii) Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;
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- Health
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 079
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- 45. Invites relevant national authorities to consider, in accordance with their national legislation and the three international drug control conventions, including in national prevention, treatment, care, recovery, rehabilitation and social reintegration measures and programmes, in the context of comprehensive and balanced drug demand reduction efforts, effective measures aimed at minimizing the adverse public health and social consequences of drug abuse, including appropriate medication- assisted therapy programmes, injecting equipment programmes as well as antiretroviral therapy and other relevant interventions that prevent the transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis and other blood-borne diseases associated with drug use, and to consider ensuring access to such interventions, including in treatment and outreach services, prisons and other custodial settings, and promoting in that regard the use, as appropriate, of the technical guide for countries to set targets for univers al access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users, issued by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to be held in 2016 (2015), para. 07
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- 6. Also decides that the special session on the world drug problem in 2016 shall have an inclusive preparatory process that includes extensive substantive consultations, allowing organs, entities and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, relevant international and regional organizations, civil society and other relevant stakeholders to fully contribute to the process, in accordance with the relevant rules of procedure and established practice;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: health employment and economic growth (2017), para. 17
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- Recognizing that the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization is an important instrument for achieving the objective of full and productive employment and decent work for all, respecting the rights of community - based health workers and promoting better working environments and incentives,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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