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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2019), para. 42
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- (i) The principle of equitable regional and gender-balanced representation in the composition of the staff of the United Nations system;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the status of women in theUnited Nations system (2004), para. 27
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- 6. Requests the Secretary-General, in order to achieve and maintain the goal of 50/50 gender distribution with full respect for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in conformity with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter:
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2005), para. 36
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- 19. Calls upon all States to formulate and implement without delay, at the national, regional and international levels, policies and plans of action to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their gender-based manifestations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 59
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- (h) Encouraging business enterprises, in the effective implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to create gender-responsive policies and transparent and effective processes for reporting violence in the world of work, including protection of victims, survivors, witnesses and whistle-blowers from reprisals;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2009), para. 39
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- 29. Notes with appreciation the interim report of the Special Rapporteur, 8 2H and encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to include in his recommendations proposals on the prevention and investigation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including its gender-based manifestations;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to a nationality: women’s equal nationality rights in law and in practice (2016), para. 23
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- 4. Urges all States to refrain from enacting or maintaining discriminatory nationality legislation with a view to avoiding statelessness and loss of nationality, preventing vulnerability to human rights violations and abuses, decreasing the risk of exploitation and abuse, and promoting gender equality in the acquisition, change, retention or conferral of nationality;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2017), para. 33
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- 2. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the widespread sexual and gender- based violence, including rape and gang rape, which can be used as a weapon of war, and the impunity for such violence, by all armed groups;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 35
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- 7. Notes with concern that, in spite of all efforts, gender inequalities still exist in the realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2006), para. 11
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- 3. Encourages the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to continue to cooperate closely in various fields, in particular peace and security, economic and social development, international law, human rights, and democracy and gender issues, bearing in mind the significant benefits of cooperation between the two organizations, to which the report of the Secretary-General attests; 1
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2007), para. 45
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- 28. Calls upon all States to formulate and implement without delay, at the national, regional and international levels, policies and plans of action to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their gender-based manifestations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Humanitarian assistance and reconstruction of Liberia (2009), para. 14
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- 4. Welcomes the agreement, in June 2008, on the Government of Liberia/ United Nations Joint Programme to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Gender-based Violence (2008–2012), and calls upon all parties to implement it;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2017), para. 42
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- (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
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Assistance in mine action (2015), para. 31
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- 7. Encourages all relevant multilateral, regional and national programmes and bodies to include activities related to mine action, including clearance, in their peacebuilding, humanitarian, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development assistance activities, where appropriate, bearing in mind the need to ensure national and local ownership, sustainability and capacity-building, as well as to include a gender- and age-appropriate perspective in all aspects of such activities;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 45
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- 24. Urges the international community to fulfil its commitment in supporting developing countries in strengthening the capacity of national statistical offices and data systems to ensure access to high-quality, timely, reliable and disaggregated data, while ensuring national ownership in supporting and tracking progress, in order, inter alia, to inform policy and programming, as well as to monitor progress in the elimination of female genital mutilation;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (2006), para. 55
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- 29. Reaffirms that all Governments and the United Nations system should promote an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes aimed at the eradication of poverty, at both the national and international levels, and encourages the use of gender analysis as a tool for the integration of a gender dimension into planning the implementation of policies, strategies and programmes for the eradication of poverty;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2020), para. 47
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- (k) To progressively eliminate open defecation by adopting policies to increase access to sanitation, including for individuals who are vulnerable or marginalized;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy (2013), para. 26
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- 13. Calls upon Member States to galvanize efforts to make universal access to sustainable modern energy services a priority, as such services contribute to poverty eradication, improve the quality of life, reduce inequality, save lives, improve health and help to provide for basic human needs, as well as curb environmental risks, including those associated with climate change, and stresses that these services are essential to social inclusion and gender equality;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 34
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- 15. Urges States to allocate sufficient resources to the implementation of policies and programmes and legislative frameworks aimed at eliminating female genital mutilations;
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- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (2020), para. 85
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- 55. Encourages Member States, the United Nations system and donor countries to strengthen and implement gender-responsive planning and budgeting processes and to develop and strengthen methodologies and tools for this purpose, as well as for the monitoring and evaluation of investments for gender equality results, as appropriate, and encourages donors to mainstream a gender perspective into their practices, including joint coordination and accountability mechanisms;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2013), para. 52
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- 35. Urges all Member States to address gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies and to ensure that their laws and institutions are adequate to prevent, promptly investigate and prosecute gender-based violence, and calls upon States, the United Nations and all relevant humanitarian organizations to improve coordination, harmonize response and strengthen capacity, with a view to reducing such violence and ensuring support services to victims of such violence;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2017), para. 43
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- 10. Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to continue to mainstream a gender perspective in the fulfilment of her mandate, and encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and all other United Nations bodies and mechanisms that address the right to food and food insecurity to integrate and effectively implement a gender perspective in their relevant policies, programmes and activities regarding access to food;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Cambodia (2004), para. 20
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- Human rights violations and violence
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- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (2019), para. 30
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- 9. Also invites Member States to intensify, in line with their domestic legal frameworks, national and international efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination, including racism, religious intolerance, xenophobia and gender - related discrimination by, inter alia, raising awareness, developing educational materials and programmes and considering, where appropriate, drafting and enforcing legislation against discrimination and, to these ends, to strive to achieve all relevant Sustainable Development Goals, including Goals 4, 5, 8, 10 and 16;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2004), para. 24
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- 9. Invites the Bureau of the Commission at its twelfth session to continue to recommend to the Commission the specific organizational modalities through open- ended and transparent consultations to be conducted in a timely manner, following the established United Nations rules of procedure, bearing in mind that the activities during Commission meetings should provide for balanced involvement of participants from all regions, as well as for gender balance;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2017), para. 28
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- (c) To impose a zero-tolerance policy on sexual and gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation, ensuring that those responsible for sexual and gender- based violence, exploitation and abuse are, regardless of their status or rank, held to account;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2000), para. 05
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- Recognizing the importance of industrialization as a key element in promoting sustained economic growth and sustainable development in Africa, in accordance with relevant General Assembly resolutions, as well as the outcomes of major United Nations conferences, and also its role in facilitating efforts for the eradication of poverty through, inter alia, promotion of competitiveness, productive employment, capacity- building, gender-mainstreaming and effective and efficient management systems,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005–2014) (2016), para. 22
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- 8. Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the lead agency for education for sustainable development, to continue to provide coordination for the implementation of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development, in cooperation with Governments, United Nations organizations, funds and programmes, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, and to continue to advocate the importance of ensuring adequate resources for education for sustainable development, and calls upon the United Nations system to increase efforts to fully mainstream a gender perspective into the implementation of the Global Action Programme;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Equal political participation (2013), para. 07
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- Emphasizing the critical importance of equal political participation for democracy, the rule of law, social inclusion and economic development, and advancing gender equality, as well as for the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Information and communication technology strategy (2003), para. 03
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- 2. Stresses the importance of information and communication technology as a strategic tool for strengthening the functioning of the United Nations, and recognizes its potential for application throughout the Organization to improve effectiveness and work practices, to facilitate multilingualism, including public information activities, and to enhance programme delivery, as mandated;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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