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Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (2008), para. 07
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- 1. Welcomes the initiative of the States members of the Caribbean Community to erect in the halls of the United Nations a permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of New Caledonia (2019), para. 47
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- 17. Notes the continuing concerns expressed by the Kanak people regarding their underrepresentation in governmental and social structures, incessant migratory flows and the impact of mining on the environment, and the importance of addressing them in a timely manner;
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- Environment
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 59
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- 41. Further expresses grave concern at the findings of the fact-finding mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in its report of 1 March 2019 that, on the basis of its evaluation and analysis of all the information gathered, there are reasonable grounds that a toxic chemical was used as a weapon in Duma on 7 April 2018, and that the toxic chemical was likely molecular chlorine;
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2007), para. 23
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- 4. Calls for continued financial support to UN-Habitat through increased voluntary contributions to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, and invites Governments to provide predictable multi-year funding to support programme implementation;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 323
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- 256. Recalls that, in “The future we want”, States reaffirmed the importance of area-based conservation measures, including marine protected areas, consistent with international law and based on best available scientific information, as a tool for conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of its components, and noted decision X/2 of the tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, that by 2020, 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are to be conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas and other effective area- based conservation measures; 106
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 018
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- Emphasizing the need to strengthen the ability of competent international organizations to contribute, at the global, regional, subregional and bilateral levels, through cooperation programmes with Governments, to the development of nation al capacity in marine science and the sustainable management of the oceans and their resources,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2005), para. 06
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- 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 1
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Guam (2019), para. 48
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- 14. Takes into account the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 11 including the Sustainable Development Goals, stresses the importance of fostering the economic and social sustainable development of the Territory by promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater opportunities for all, reducing inequalities, raising basic standards of living, fostering equitable social development and inclusion and promoting the integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems that supports, inter alia, economic, social and human development, while facilitating ecosystem conservation, regeneration, restoration and resilience in the face of new and emerging challenges, and strongly urges the administering Power to refrain from undertaking any kind of illicit, harmful and unproductive activities, including the use of the Territory as an international financial centre, that are not aligned with the interest of the people of the Territory;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028 (2019), para. 20
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- 3. Reaffirms its decision, in accordance with its resolution 71/222 on the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, to review the implementation of the Decade at its seventy-seventh session;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2002), para. 18
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- 8. Invites, therefore, all Governments and relevant international organizations to give appropriate consideration to the issue of natural disaster reduction in their preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development;
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2016), para. 46
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- 25. Also calls upon all States to redouble their efforts to prevent and curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery and to fully respect and comply with obligations undertaken to forswear nuclear weapons;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons (2017), para. 03
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- Convinced that nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to mankind and to the survival of civilization,
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- Environment
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2005), para. 090
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- 60. Encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2011), para. 07
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- Emphasizing also the responsibility of all States to undertake disaster risk reduction, including through preparedness, as well as response and early recovery efforts, in order to minimize the impact of natural disasters, while recognizing the importance of international cooperation in support of the efforts of affected countries which may have limited capacities in this regard,
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2004), para. 04
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- Emphasizing that the affected State has the primary responsibility in the initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of humanitarian assistance within its territory, and in the facilitation of the work of humanitarian organizations in mitigating the consequences of natural disasters,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2008), para. 09
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- Recognizing the negative impact of environmental degradation, including climate change, desertification and loss of biodiversity, on human settlements,
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- Environment
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (2013), para. 19
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- 1. Calls upon all Member States to support international efforts to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery;
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- Environment
- Humanitarian
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (1996), para. 031
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- Underlining the establishment of the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America, which constitutes the new comprehensive strategy for national and regional development and defines political, economic, social and environmental priorities, and the signing, at the El Salvador summit meeting on 30 March 1995, of the Treaty on Central American Social Integration, 8/ one of the main objectives of which is to increase investment in human capital, and taking into account that the Central American Integration System is the institutional framework that makes it possible to promote integral development in an effective, orderly and coherent manner,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2020), para. 26
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- Expressing deep concern at the adverse impact of climate change and extreme weather patterns on access to, and the utilization and prices of, agricultural commodities, while recognizing the important role of land and sustainable land management in the climate system,
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- Environment
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and cultural diversity (2006), para. 20
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- 3. Recognizes the right of everyone to take part in cultural life and to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications;
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- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion at the regional level in the Organization forSecurity and Cooperation in Europe of the United Nations programme of action on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects (2003), para. 8
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- 1. Reaffirms the importance of measures to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects, including ongoing efforts at the regional and subregional levels;
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (2015), para. 14
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- (d) Excluding completely, for the sake of all mankind, the possibility of the use of chemical weapons,
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- Environment
- Health
- Humanitarian
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- All
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- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2011), para. 29
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- 10. Stresses that improving access to productive resources and public investment in rural development are essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investments in appropriate small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2019), para. 72
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- 34. Stresses the importance of international cooperation and development assistance as an effective contribution to the expansion and improvement of agriculture and its environmental sustainability, food production, breeding projects on diversity of crops and livestock and institutional innovations such as community seed banks, farmer field schools and seed fairs, and to the provision of humanitarian food assistance in activities related to emergency situations for the realization of the right to food and the achievement of sustainable food security, while recognizing that each country has the primary responsibility for ensuring the implementation of national programmes and strategies in this regard;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Humanitarian
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Prevention of an arms race in outer space (2012), para. 08
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- Recognizing that prevention of an arms race in outer space would avert a grave danger for international peace and security,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2005), para. 18
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- 8. Also stresses that continued cooperation and coordination among Governments, the United Nations system, other organizations, regional organizations, non-governmental organizations and other partners, as appropriate, are considered essential to address effectively the impact of natural disasters;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (2009), para. 15
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- Gravely concerned about the current daunting international environment, characterized by, inter alia, crises in food and energy security, the impact of global warming and an international financial system in turmoil, all of which create enormous challenges for the development efforts of the countries of the Caribbean Community,
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
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- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (2018), para. 11
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- 1. Encourages Member States to continue considering the impact of key rapid technological changes on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, 3 in order to benefit from opportunities and address challenges in this regard, and to promote the development of national strategies and public policies, capacity - building and scientific engagement;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America (2020), para. 19
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- Acknowledging the importance of ongoing actions to accelerate the shift towards sustainable consumption and production 5 in the tourism sector while contributing to sustainable development and resilient societies,
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (2018), para. 30
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- 20. Recognizes that the least developed countries face significant infrastructure gaps, including in the areas of transport, energy, and information and communications technology, and reaffirms the need to promote quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure and to enhance infrastructure connectivity with concrete actions, maximizing synergies in infrastructure planning and development;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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