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Human rights in the administration of justice (2002), para. 05
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- Emphasizing that the right to access to justice as contained in applicable international human rights instruments forms an important basis for strengthening the rule of law through the administration of justice,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (2008), para. 01
- Paragraph text
- The General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Effects of atomic radiation (2007), para. 18
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- 10. Welcomes, in this context, the readiness of Member States to provide the Scientific Committee with relevant information on the effects of ionizing radiation in affected areas, and invites the Scientific Committee to analyse and give due consideration to such information, particularly in the light of its own findings;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights (2018), para. 45
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- 25. Decides to continue its consideration of this matter at its fortieth session under the same agenda item.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights (1996), para. 42
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- 19. Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to consult the human rights treaty bodies in his efforts to promote cooperation with regional intergovernmental organizations where appropriate for the promotion and protection of human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (1999), para. 124
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- 3. Commends the Secretary-General for the diligence with which the programme has continued to be carried out;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala (1995), para. 15
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- 2. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Director of the Mission on the first three months of the Mission’s activities;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of United Nations action in the field of human rights through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity (1999), para. 05
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- Deeply convinced that United Nations action in this field should be based not only on a profound understanding of the broad range of problems existing in all societies but also on full respect for the political, economic and social realities of each of them, in strict compliance with the purposes and principles of the Charter and for the basic purpose of promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms through international cooperation,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (2019), para. 20
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- 14. Requests the Secretary-General to include, in the performance report of the Mission, detailed information on programmatic activities, including on how the implementation of those activities has contributed to implementing mission mandates;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls (2016), para. 17
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- Remaining alarmed by the high level of impunity with regard to gender-related killing of women and girls and the fact that violence against women and girls is among the least prosecuted and punished crimes in the world,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine (2018), para. 26
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- (b) To fully and immediately comply with the order of the International Court of Justice of 19 April 2017 on provisional measures in the case concerning the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation); 5 (c) To take all measures necessary to bring an immediate end to all violations and abuses against residents of Crimea, in particular reported discriminatory measures and practices, arbitrary detentions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and to revoke all discriminatory legislation;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes (2013), para. 20
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- 6. Also requests the Conference on Disarmament to intensify efforts towards an early conclusion of such a convention and to include in its report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session the progress recorded in the negotiations on this subject;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development (1999), para. 15
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- 11. Takes note of the decision adopted by the Preparatory Committee at its resumed first session on accreditation and modalities for participation of non-governmental organizations at the special session, 6 and recalls General Assembly decision 54/407 of 8 October 1999 on arrangements regarding participation of non- governmental organizations in the special session;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Transparency in armaments (2002), para. 13
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- 5. Requests the Secretary-General to implement the recommendations contained in his 2000 report on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development and to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for the Secretariat to operate and maintain the Register;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (1997), para. 07
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- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2011), para. 83
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- 51. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Council at its nineteenth session;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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 (2015), para. 53
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- 21. Encourages States parties to the Convention to cooperate in order to implement the measures necessary to enable them to obtain reliable information on beneficial ownership of companies, legal structures or other complex legal mechanisms, including trusts and holdings, used to commit crimes of corruption or to hide and transfer proceeds;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 117
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- 60. Encourages States Parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to consider making a written declaration, choosing from the means se t out in article 287 of the Convention for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention and the Part XI Agreement, bearing in mind the comprehensive character of the dispute settlement mechanism provided for in Part XV of the Convention;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2019), para. 089
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- and its request that all documents submitted to legislative organs, including the Committee on Conferences, by the Secretariat and intergovernmental and expert bodies for consideration and action have conclusions and recommendations in bold print;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (2001), para. 13
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- 5. 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)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (2010), para. 17
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- Recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, issued on 8 July 1996, 10F 11
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (2010), para. 09
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- Noting also the commemoration of the International Year of Reconciliation, 2009, 2F 3
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (2015), para. 26
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- 3. Encourages Member States, in their deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda, to give due consideration to the rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice, while promoting universal respect for human rights and strengthening relevant national institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Development cooperation with middle-income countries (2014), para. 19
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- 5. Requests the United Nations development system to ensure that it addresses the diverse development needs of middle-income countries in a coordinated manner through, inter alia, an accurate assessment of the national priorities and needs of these countries, taking into account the use of variables that go beyond per capita income criteria;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (2000), para. 62
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- Expressing its grave concern about the continuation of the military confrontation in Afghanistan, threatening regional peace and security and causing massive loss of life and extensive human suffering, further destruction of property, serious damage to the economic and social infrastructure, refugee flows and other forcible displacements of large numbers of people,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 26
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- Concerned at the lack of access to quality, safe, effective and affordable medicines for children in appropriate dosage forms, and at problems in the rational use of children’s medicines in many countries, and that, globally, children aged under 5 years still do not have secure access to medicines for the treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including rare diseases,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (2010), para. 45
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- 9. Invites Governments, relevant international organizations and the specialized agencies to continue to observe the International Day of Rural Women annually, on 15 October, as proclaimed in its resolution 62/136;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2002), para. 36
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- 7. Renews its commitment to further strengthening international cooperation and substantially increasing efforts to counter the world drug problem, in accordance with the obligations of States under the United Nations drug control conventions, on the basis of the general framework given by the outcome of the special session, and taking into account experience gained;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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World Summit Outcome (2005), para. 353
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- (c) To strengthen cooperation in the economic, social and cultural fields.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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System-wide coherence (2009), para. 14
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- 5. Underscores that the governance of operational activities for development should be transparent and inclusive and should support national ownership and national development strategies;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2010), para. 52
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- 42. Invites the Secretary-General, as a follow-up to the 2005 World Summit, to urge the United Nations development system to assist African countries in implementing quick-impact initiatives through, inter alia, the Millennium Villages Project, and requests the Secretary-General to include in his report an assessment of those quick-impact initiatives;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2019), para. 03
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- Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013 (2013), para. 92
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- 12. Also stresses the importance of ensuring that all measures necessary are taken to avoid legal and reputational risks for the Organization in using armed security services of private security companies;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2020), para. 23
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- Welcoming steps to ease the restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank, while stressing the need for further steps to be taken in this regard, and recognizing that such steps would improve living conditions and the situation on the ground and could promote further Palestinian economic development,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2010), para. 001
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- The General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (2009), para. 10
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- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Establishment of the International Criminal Court (2003), para. 19
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- 13. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session an item entitled “International Criminal Court”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2017), para. 44
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- 19. Decides to give due consideration to the issue of the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on human rights in its task concerning the implementation of the right to development;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review of the Human Rights Council (2011), para. 073
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- 38. The annual report of the Advisory Committee shall be submitted to the Council at its September session, and be the subject of an interactive dialogue with the Committee Chair. The present provision does not exclude other interaction with the Committee should such opportunities arise and be deemed appropriate by the Council.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows in order to foster sustainable development (2017), para. 15
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- 6. Looks forward to the inclusion, in the 2017 report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, of an analysis of the theme of the present resolution, pursuant to the Task Force’s mandate, and also looks forward to the deliberations of the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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R e p o r t o f t h e G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s Environment Programme (1999), para. 04
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- Further recalling the Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mandate of the United Nations Environment Programme, 3 adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its nineteenth session,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training (2011), para. 25
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- (a) About human rights, which includes providing knowledge and understanding of human rights norms and principles, the values that underpin them and the mechanisms for their protection;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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System-wide coherence (2010), para. 035
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- “Delivering as one”
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2018), para. 30
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- 4. Also recognizes the important role of family farming and smallholder farming in contributing to the achievement of food security and improved nutrition and the role that family farms play in ensuring global food security, poverty eradication and environmental sustainability, as well as job creation;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in theCentral African Republic (2014), para. 08
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- 3. Authorizes the Secretary-General to establish a special account for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic for the purpose of accounting for the income received and the expenditure incurred in respect of the Mission;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2003), para. 043
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- VII. The continental shelf and the work of the Commission
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the highseas/illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments (2003), para. 32
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- 8. Encourages coastal States to develop ocean policies and mechanisms on integrated management, including at the subregional and regional levels, and also including assistance to developing States in accomplishing these objectives;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development (2008), para. 08
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- Convinced that, pursuant to Articles 55 and 56 of its Charter, the United Nations promotes respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and that Member States pledge themselves to take action in cooperation with the Organization for the achievement of that purpose,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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South-South cooperation (2018), para. 51
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- 34. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no one is left behind and no country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of discrimination against women (2012), para. 05
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- Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2000/13 of 17 April 2000, 2001/34 of 23 April 2001 and 2003/22 of 22 April 2003, and Human Rights Council resolutions 6/30 of 14 December 2007, on integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system, and 12/17 of 2 October 2009 and 15/23 of 1 October 2010, on the elimination of discrimination against women,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations: requests under Article 19 of the Charter (2019), para. 6
- Original document
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- 3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to bring to the attention of Member States the deadline specified in resolution 54/237 C, including through an early announcement in the Journal of the United Nations and through direct communication;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Panel discussion on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights (2012), 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
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (2016), para. 15
- Paragraph text
- 8. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat (2008), para. 12
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- 2. Considers that the special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department is very useful in raising the awareness of the international community concerning the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East and that the programme is contributing effectively to an atmosphere conducive to dialogue and supportive of the peace process;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003), para. 55
- Paragraph text
- (c) To continue to honour its commitments to reform and restore the judicial system, to abolish the death penalty and to reform military justice, including that of putting an end to the trying of civilians by the military court, in conformity with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 and notes in this regard Presidential decree No. 0223/2002 of 18 November 2002;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (1999), para. 121
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- Believing that the forms of assistance available to Member States, in particular to developing countries, under the programme will enhance the capabilities of their officials to follow ongoing deliberations and negotiations on disarmament, both bilateral and multilateral,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments (2007), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 60/56 of 8 December 2005,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Proclamation of 19 August as the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism (2011), para. 6
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- Reaffirming also the fact that acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations are activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, threatening the territorial integrity and security of States and destabilizing legitimately constituted Governments,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2011), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and stressing the need for their implementation,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
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Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification (2008), para. 4
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- Recalling its request to the Secretary-General, in resolution 59/60, to transmit to it the report of the Panel of Government Experts on verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification, and the intent of the Panel to produce a report that is forward-looking and discerning of new trends and requirements,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening investigations (2008), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also paragraph 10 of its resolution 59/287,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2014), para. 18
- Paragraph text
- 14. Decides that the Secretariat shall publish the list of applications received and disseminate the list in advance to members of the Preparatory Committee, at least one month before the first meeting of the second session of the Committee, at which time a decision on such applications will be taken;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (2008), para. 12
- Paragraph text
- 4. Emphasizes the importance of interaction and coordination with troop- contributing countries;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 24
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of supporting countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and promote the empowerment of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including women, children and youth, indigenous peoples, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2014), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Also encourages Member States to continue their efforts to develop appropriate policies and programmes that address family poverty, social exclusion, domestic violence, work-family balance and intergenerational issues and to share good practices in those areas;
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the commitment to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 10 and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2010–2011 (2010), para. 02
- Paragraph text
- 1. Authorizes the Secretary-General, with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and subject to the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations 0F 1 and the provisions of paragraph 3 below, to enter into commitments in the biennium 2010–2011 to meet unforeseen and extraordinary expenses arising either during or subsequent to the biennium, provided that the concurrence of the Advisory Committee shall not be necessary for:
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. Urges Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the voluntary fund for the Second Decade established by the Secretary-General, and invites indigenous organizations and private institutions and individuals to do likewise;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2000), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 16. Further calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure that capital punishment will not be imposed for crimes other than the most serious, for apostasy or otherwise in disregard of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 and United Nations safeguards, and to provide the Special Representative with relevant statistics on this matter;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 117
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (i) To contribute to the prevention and elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socioeconomic structures, dysfunctional families, lack of education, urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, criminal or irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, child sex tourism, organized crime, armed conflicts and trafficking in children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in (2002), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. 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
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (2014), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 13. We reaffirm the importance of promoting human rights, good governance, the rule of law, transparency and accountability at all levels.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of French Polynesia (2015), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Calls upon the administering Power to participate in and cooperate fully with the work of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special Committee on the implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts to promote self-government in French Polynesia, and encourages the administering Power to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (1998), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its concern about the poor representation of women in economic decision-making, including in the formulation of monetary and fiscal policies as well as rules governing pay,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 089
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (q) To take measures to eliminate gender-based violence against and sexual exploitation and trafficking of indigenous children, and to actively involve indigenous peoples and their communities in the efforts towards the elimination of these practices;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2005), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolutions 44/236 of 22 December 1989, 49/22 A of 2 December 1994, 49/22 B of 20 December 1994, 53/185 of 15 December 1998, 54/219 of 22 December 1999, 56/195 of 21 December 2001, 57/256 of 20 December 2002 and 58/214 of 23 December 2003 and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1999/63 of 30 July 1999 and 2001/35 of 26 July 2001, and taking into due consideration its resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003 on integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2014), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Also recognizes the ongoing inclusive consultative process within the Committee on World Food Security to develop voluntary and non-binding principles for responsible agricultural investments that are intended for all stakeholders that are involved in, benefit from or are affected by these principles;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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 (2017), para. 014
- Paragraph text
- Realizing that the fight against corruption at all levels, including by facilitating international cooperation to achieve the purposes enshrined in t he Convention, including on asset recovery and return, plays an important role in the promotion and protection of all human rights and in the process of creating an environment conducive to their full enjoyment and realization,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (2019), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Encourages Member States to consider including in their national delegations heads of national mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as appropriate, as well as representatives such as parliamentarians, representatives of civil society and other relevant stakeholders;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 031
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 24. Recognizing that States have rights and responsibilities to manage and control their borders, we will implement border control procedures in conformity with applicable obligations under international law, including international human rights law and international refugee law. We will promote international cooperation on border control and management as an important element of security for States, including issues relating to battling transnational organized crime, terrorism and illicit trade. We will ensure that public officials and law enforcement officers who work in border areas are trained to uphold the human rights of all persons crossing, or seeking to cross, international borders. We will strengthen international border management cooperation, including in relation to training and the exchange of best practices. We will intensify support in this area and help to build capacity as appropriate. We reaffirm that, in line with the principle of non-refoulement, individuals must not be returned at borders. We acknowledge also that, while upholding these obligations and principles, States are entitled to take measures to prevent irregular border crossings.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (2007), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that the transatlantic slave trade, which operated between the fifteenth and late nineteenth centuries, involved the forced transportation of millions of Africans as slaves, mostly from West Africa to the Americas, thereby enriching the imperial powers of the time,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The Middle East peace process (1997), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the continuing positive participation of the United Nations as a full extraregional participant in the work of the multilateral working groups,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Smooth transition for countries graduating from the list of least developed countries (2013), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Takes note of the report of the ad hoc working group to further study and strengthen the smooth transition process for the countries graduating from the least developed country category; 3
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Freedom of religion or belief (2015), para. 26
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) To implement all accepted universal periodic review recommendations relating to the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
World Climate Change Conference (2003), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Encourages Member States and relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as other international and national organizations, parliaments, the scientific community, the private sector and other representatives of civil society, to participate actively in the Conference;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (2004), para. 02
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 57/83 of 22 November 2002,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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A global call for concrete action for the 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 (2020), para. 45
- 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
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (2009), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General; 2
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- 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 (2019), para. 31
- Paragraph text
- 13. Notes with concern that, along with the threat of the possible production, acquisition and use of chemical weapons by States, the international community also faces the danger of the production, acquisition and use of chemical weapons by non-State actors, including terrorists, concerns which have highlighted the necessity of achieving universal adherence to the Convention, as well as the high level of readiness of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and stresses that the full and effective implementation of all provisions of the Convention, including those on national implementation (article VII) and assistance and protection (article X), constitutes an important contribution to the efforts of the United Nations in the global fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2009), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Affirming the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks committed on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not operate with impunity, and that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice as provided for by national laws and obligations under international law,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (2006), para. 32
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 16. Thanks the Secretary-General for having established the Trust Fund for the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations (2018), para. 28
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Welcomes the determination of the Secretary-General to implement fully the United Nations policy of zero tolerance of sexual exploitation and abuse;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Strengthening the rule of law and the reform of criminal justice institutions, particularly in the areas related to the United Nations system-wide approach to fighting transnational organized crime and drug trafficking (2013), para. 28
- Paragraph text
- 14. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1999), para. 26
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Article 4
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
World Bicycle Day (2018), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the contribution of sport to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, as declared in its resolutions 60/1 of 16 September 2005 and 65/1 of 22 September 2010,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures (2004), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Thanks the Secretary-General for his report on the implementation of resolution 57/81, 3 taking into consideration the activities of the Group of Interested States in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 61
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 29. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to strengthen the cooperation with the Secretary -General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2013), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Welcomes the report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 19/22, 11 and the recommendations contained therein;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination (1997), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- 5 Ibid., 1983, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum (E/1983/13 and Corr.1), chap. XXVII, sect. A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2000), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) To submit, through the Secretary-General, an annual report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the programme of activities of the Decade;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- 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 (2019), para. 069
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 29. Acknowledges that the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, which needs to be prepared ahead of a disaster, is a critical opportunity to “build back better”;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-sixth session (2004), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Decides, in order to ensure full participation by all Member States in the sessions of the Commission and its working groups, to continue, in the competent Main Committee during the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, its consideration of granting travel assistance to the least developed countries that are members of the Commission, at their request and in consultation with the Secretary- General;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem (1999), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the most recent of which are resolutions 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994 and 1073 (1996) of 28 September 1996,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1999), para. 32
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) It is an abuse of the right to submit a communication;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research (2003), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting with concern that contributions to the General Fund have not increased, while the participation of the developed countries in training programmes in New York and Geneva is increasing,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2020), para. 064
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 52. Emphasizes that multilingualism, as a core value of the Organization, entails the active involvement and commitment of all stakeholders, including all United Nations duty stations and offices away from Headquarters;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 37
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Stresses that “violence against women” means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women and girls, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life, and also notes the economic and social harm caused by such violence;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1999), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, that their promotion and protection is the first responsibility of Governments, and 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
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Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region (2019), para. 17
- Paragraph text
- 3. Commends the Mediterranean countries for their efforts in meeting common challenges through coordinated overall responses, based on a spirit of multilateral partnership, towards the general objective of turning the Mediterranean basin into an area of dialogue, exchanges and cooperation, guaranteeing peace, stability and prosperity, encourages them to strengthen such efforts through, inter alia, a lasting multilateral and action-oriented cooperative dialogue among States of the region, and recognizes the role of the United Nations in promoting regional and international peace and security;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2019), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) The terms of reference and self-evaluation methodology of Board members;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2018), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing further the complex character of food insecurity and its likely recurrence owing to a combination of several major factors, such as the effects of the global financial and economic crisis, environmental degradation, desertification and the impacts of global climate change, as well as poverty, natural disasters, armed conflicts, drought, volatility in commodity prices and the lack in many countries of the appropriate technology, investment and capacity-building necessary to confront its impact, particularly in developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States, and the need for coherence and collaboration between international institutions at the global level,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and the future role of the Commission on Human Settlements (1998), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) International cooperation and coordination;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Iraq (2003), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Concerned about the lack of procedural and substantive safeguards in the administration of justice in Iraq, including in the application of the death penalty,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (2019), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that proposed peacekeeping budgets are based on the relevant legislative mandates;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (2019), para. 144
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Where appropriate, States shall take appropriate measures to carry out agrarian reforms in order to facilitate the broad and equitable access to land and other natural resources necessary to ensure that peasants and other people working in rural areas enjoy adequate living conditions, and to limit excessive concentration and control of land, taking into account its social function. Landless peasants, young people, small - scale fishers and other rural workers should be given priority in the allocation of public lands, fisheries and forests.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (2000), para. 13
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its grave concern at persistent violations of human rights and at breaches of international humanitarian law in Afghanistan, as exemplified by reports of mass killings and atrocities committed by combatants against civilians and prisoners of war, including the finding in the report of the United Nations investigation team for Afghanistan, submitted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1 that serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law took place in Afghanistan in 1997 and 1998,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2003), para. 009
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- Paragraph text
- (e) To aim at, in addition to bilateral cooperation, providing all possible support and assistance to the developing countries and their media, public, private or other, with due regard to their interests and needs in the field of information and to action already adopted within the United Nations system, including:
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The rule of law at the national and international levels (2014), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming also the need for universal adherence to and implementation of the rule of law at both the national and international levels and its solemn commitment to an international order based on the rule of law and international law, which, together with the principles of justice, is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2019), para. 42
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- 16. Calls upon the administering Power, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and regional organizations to provide all the assistance necessary to the Territory, support the recovery and rebuilding efforts and enhance capabilities for emergency preparedness and risk reduction, in particular in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria that impacted the Territory in 2017;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (2015), para. 21
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- 12. Condemns any form of impunity granted to perpetrators of mercenary activities and to those responsible for the use, recruitment, financing and training of mercenaries, and urges all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law, to bring them, without distinction, to justice;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2020), para. 55
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- 29. Stresses that revenues from commodity production and exports remain critical for developing countries, in particular in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, given that developing countries need to mobilize resources in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and that commodity prices have been decreasing since 2011, which has put pressure on government budgets in developing countries;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2017), para. 38
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- 27. Notes with increasing concern that asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons are subject to arbitrary detention in numerous situations and encourages working towards the ending of this practice, welcomes the increasing use of alternatives to detention, especially in the case of children, and emphasizes the need for States to limit detention of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons to that which is necessary, giving full consideration to possible alternatives;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome of the action dedicated to the 1999 c e ntennial of the first International Peace Conference (2000), para. 14
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- 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Plenary Meetings, 54th and 55th meetings (A/54/PV.54 and 55), and corrigendum.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2019), para. 53
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- (d) To cease the requisition and all other forms of unlawful appropriation of Palestinian land, including so-called State land, and its allocation for the establishment and expansion of settlements, and to halt the granting of benefits and incentives to settlements and settlers;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1998), para. 05
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- Commending the High Commissioner and her staff for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which they discharge their responsibilities, paying tribute to those staff members whose lives have been endangered in the course of their duties, and deploring the deaths of staff members as a consequence of violent events in several countries around the world,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Prevention of an arms race in outer space (2004), para. 09
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- Emphasizing the paramount importance of strict compliance with existing arms limitation and disarmament agreements relevant to outer space, including bilateral agreements, and with the existing legal regime concerning the use of outer space,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011 (2011), para. 194
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- Recalling its resolutions 64/244 A and B of 24 December 2009, 64/260 of 29 March 2010 and 64/288 of 24 June 2010,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East (1999), para. 01
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- Bearing in mind its relevant resolutions,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 31
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- 11. Decides to remain seized of the matter.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Thirtieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Population Fund (1999), para. 2
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- Recalling its resolution 2211 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, in response to which a trust fund, subsequently named the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, was established in 1967 by the Secretary-General,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Arbitrary detention (2019), para. 08
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- 2. Takes note with interest of the latest reports of the Working Group, 1 including the issues and recommendations contained therein;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1999), para. 16
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- 5. Recognizes that legislation alone is not enough to prevent violations of human rights, including the right to freedom of religion or belief;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance to refugees and displaced persons in Azerbaijan (1994), para. 15
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- 3. Invites the international financial institutions and the specialized agencies, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, where appropriate, to bring the special needs of the Azerbaijani refugees and displaced persons to the attention of their respective governing bodies for their consideration and to report on the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests (2018), para. 09
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- Recognizing also that any such restrictions must be based in law, and be necessary and proportionate to further a legitimate aim, in accordance with the State’s obligations under applicable international human rights instruments, and that, if imposed, administrative or judicial review that is prompt, competent, independent and impartial should be available,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (2011), para. 12
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- 1. Invites all States that have not signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction 1 0H to accede to it without delay;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries,particularly in Africa, by 2015 (2011), para. 35
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- 19. Recognizes the importance of the development of safe and cost-effective vaccines and new medicines to prevent and treat malaria and the need for further and accelerated research, including into safe, effective and high-quality therapies, using rigorous standards, including by providing support to the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases 9 and through effective global partnerships, such as the various malaria vaccine initiatives and the Medicines for Malaria Venture, where necessary stimulated by new incentives to secure their development and through effective and timely support towards pre-qualification of new antimalarials and their combinations;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- 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 (2002), para. 01
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- The General Assembly,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2010), para. 29
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- 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
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2016), para. 26
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- Emphasizing the need to address vulnerability and to integrate disaster risk reduction, including preparedness, into all phases of natural disaster management, post-natural disaster recovery and development planning through close collaboration of all relevant actors and sectors,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (2018), para. 02
- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001), para. 33
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- 8. Recognizes that the role of the international community remains essential, welcomes the readiness of the international community to continue its efforts towards a self-sustaining peace, and recalls that the responsibility for consolidating peace and security primarily lies with the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 30
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- 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
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2005), para. 23
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- 15. 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 Mission;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1996), para. 36
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- 19. Requests the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights to submit an interim report to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Conference on Central American Refugees (1994), para. 15
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- 1. Takes note of the reports submitted by the Secretary-General 4/ and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; 5/
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Nigeria (1997), para. 19
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- 3. Also calls upon the Government of Nigeria to abide by its freely undertaken obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other human rights instruments, including the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights, and notes with interest in this regard the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee to the Government of Nigeria; 7
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to eliminate international terrorism (2000), para. 06
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- Stressing the need to strengthen further international cooperation between States and between international organizations and agencies, regional organizations and arrangements and the United Nations in order to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to development (2014), para. 20
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- Recognizing also that historical injustices have undeniably contributed to the poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion, economic disparity, instability and insecurity that affect many people in different parts of the world, in particular in developing countries,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The occupied Syrian Golan (2019), para. 10
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- Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 3 to the occupied Syrian Golan,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2014), para. 15
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- Paragraph text
- B. Mandatory age of separation
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2002), para. 13
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- Taking note of the report of the Director General to the General Conference of the Agency on the implementation of Security Council resolutions relating to Iraq, 4 of his report to the Security Council of 10 April 2002, 5 and of resolution GC(46)/RES/15 of 20 September 2002 of the General Conference, 6 noting with increasing concern that three and a half years have passed since the Agency has been able to implement its mandate in Iraq, and that the longer the suspension of Security Council resolution-related inspections in Iraq lasts, the more difficult it will be to re-establish a level of knowledge of the status of Iraq’s nuclear-related assets comparable to that achieved at the end of 1998, and also noting the announced decision of the Government of Iraq to let the weapons inspectors return to Iraq without conditions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (2017), para. 49
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- 28. Further recognizes that landlocked developing countries are vulnerable to climate change, which is exacerbating desertification and land degradation, and that they remain negatively affected by desertification, land degradation and drought;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2004), para. 51
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- 3. Encourages the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as the global coordinating body in international drug control and as the governing body of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, and the International Narcotics Control Board to continue their useful work on the control of precursors and other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Capital master plan (2006), para. 11
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- 7. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that no action is taken that would preclude any decision that the General Assembly might take on the construction of a new permanent building on the North Lawn at some future date;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Palestine refugees (2013), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question, including resolution 67/114 of 18 December 2012,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Nuclear disarmament (2008), para. 18
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling paragraph 70 and other relevant recommendations in the Final Document of the Fourteenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Havana on 15 and 16 September 2006, 12 calling upon the Conference on Disarmament to establish, as soon as possible and as the highest priority, an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament and to commence negotiations on a phased programme for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons with a specified time framework,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self- determination (2001), para. 19
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- 9. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the necessary assistance, both professional and financial;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (2013), para. 17
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- 9. Notes with appreciation the commitment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to the permanent memorial initiative, and in this regard requests increased collaboration with the Permanent Memorial Committee towards the successful conclusion of the international design competition for the permanent memorial;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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. 24
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- 10. Recognizes the agreement signed between the United Nations Office for Project Services and the White Helmets Commission, which extends until 2019 and will allow for the continuation of the work launched in 1995, and invites Member States to consider means of supporting collaboration of the White Helmets with their programme activities and to consider making financial resources available to the special voluntary fund of the United Nations Office for Project Services;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 46
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- 30. Urges Member States to develop, implement and evaluate policies and programmes that promote healthy and active ageing and the highest attainable standard of health and well-being for older persons and to develop health care for older persons as part of primary care in the existing health systems;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The deterioration of the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the need to grant immediate access to the commission of inquiry (2013), para. 30
- Paragraph text
- 21. Urges all relevant United Nations agencies, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other international organizations and donor States to provide urgent and more support to Syrian refugees and their host countries;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights (2016), para. 13
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- 1. Emphasizes that the general debate under agenda item 10 remains an essential platform for Members and observers of the Human Rights Council to share their visions and views to promote more effective technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and to share experiences, challenges and information on assistance needed in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary pledges and commitments, including accepted universal periodic review recommendations, and their achievements and good practices in this area;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 299
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- (h) Facilitate the sustainable reintegration of returning migrants into community life by providing them with equal access to social protection and services, justice, psychosocial assistance, vocational training, employment opportunities and decent work, recognition of skills acquired abroad, and financial services, in order to fully build upon their entrepreneurship, skills and human capital as active members of society and contributors to sustainable development in the country of origin upo n return;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian LawCommitted in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (2002), para. 18
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- 13. Decides to apportion for the year 2002 the amount of 47,844,850 dollars gross (43,237,650 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for the biennium 2002–2003 as set out in its resolution 55/5 B of 23 December 2000;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Natural disasters and vulnerability (2006), para. 05
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- Reaffirming also the Hyogo Declaration 3 and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, 4 as adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2006), para. 21
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- 8. Invites Member States to provide voluntary contributions to ensure adequate execution of and follow-up to the activities being implemented by the Office of Sport for Development and Peace in Geneva and in New York;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel (2002), para. 17
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- 8. Requests the Secretary-General to invite the International Committee of the Red Cross to participate as an observer in the deliberations of the Ad Hoc Committee;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling further the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 1 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 2 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 3 and the outcomes of their review conferences,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (2014), para. 23
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- 18. We reaffirm all the principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 7 including, inter alia, the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, as set out in principle 7 thereof.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2015), para. 03
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- Recalling also its resolution 68/309 of 10 September 2014, in which it welcomed the report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and decided that the proposal of the Open Working Group contained in the report shall be the main basis for integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development agenda, while recognizing that other inputs will also be considered, in the intergovernmental negotiation process at the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2018), para. 60
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- 37. Also stresses the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, 20 invites the private sector to take into account not only the economic and financial implications but also the development, social, human rights, gender and environmental implications of its undertakings, and underlines the importance of the International Labour Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (1999), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling, in this fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 18 of the 1 Declaration,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development (2014), para. 53
- Paragraph text
- 33. Stresses that the financial and economic crisis has highlighted the need for reform and has added new impetus to ongoing international discussions on the reform of the international financial system and architecture, including on issues related to mandate, scope, governance, responsiveness and development orientation, as appropriate, and in this regard encourages continued open, inclusive and transparent dialogue;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Admission of the Republic of South Sudan to membership in the United Nations (2011), para. 2
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- Paragraph text
- Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 13 July 2011 that the Republic of South Sudan should be admitted to membership in the United Nations, 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 (2018), para. 112
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that resource requirements at each stage of the project are based on a thorough review of actual and up -to-date needs on the ground and to provide detailed information in the context of future progress reports;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twelfth special 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 (2013), para. 07
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity- building, 7
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East (1997), para. 14
- Original document
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- 1. Urges all parties directly concerned to consider seriously taking the practical and urgent steps required for the implementation of the proposal to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and, as a means of promoting this objective, invites the countries concerned to adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; 3
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2015), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration 3 and the development goals contained therein, as well as the commitments made at major United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions, including the commitments made at the 2005 World Summit 4 and at the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 5 and the outcome of the 2013 special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, 6
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (2013), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Encourages all Governments to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests made by the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable the mandate holder to fulfil the mandate effectively;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Office of Verification in El Salvador (1996), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Paying tribute to those Member States which have contributed personnel and voluntary funding to the Mission,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-fourth session (2003), para. 18
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- 10. Stresses the desirability of further enhancing the dialogue between the International Law Commission and the Sixth Committee, and in this context encourages, inter alia, the holding of informal discussions between the members of the Sixth Committee and those members of the Commission attending the fifty- eighth session of the General Assembly;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia (2010), para. 11
- Original document
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- 3. Urges the States parties and signatories to treaties that have established nuclear-weapon-free zones to develop activities of cooperation and coordination in order to promote their common objectives in the framework of the Conference;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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World Youth Skills Day (2015), para. 04
- Original document
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- Reaffirming its resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of 20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years, and Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and anniversaries, particularly paragraphs 1 to 10 of the annex thereto on the agreed criteria for the proclamation, as well as paragraphs 13 and 14, stating that an international day or year should not be proclaimed before the basic arrangements for its organization and financing have been made,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2018), para. 59
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 21. 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 well 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
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Integrated Management Information System (1998), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Endorses the observations and recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report on the updated special audit;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 353
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 285. Encourages Member States to consider contributing to mechanisms that encourage the widest possible availability of all bathymetric data, so as to support the sustainable development, management and governance of the marine environment;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (2011), para. 77
- Original document
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- 4. After examining the findings of such an inquiry, the Committee shall transmit without delay these findings to the State party concerned, together with any comments and recommendations.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses (2013), para. 26
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) To strengthen the enforcement of their labour laws and, in particular, to specifically train and increase awareness of labour inspectors and other competent authorities in addition to allocating adequate resources so that they have the capacity to identify victims of trafficking during labour inspections of establishments where trafficked persons are likely to be exploited, including in small or informal establishments;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2006), para. 01
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- The General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (2013), para. 07
- 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
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Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (2004), para. 36
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item entitled “Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives”.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (2004), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. 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
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (2014), para. 38
- Original document
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- 28. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to take additional measures to ensure the safety and security of all personnel participating in the Force under the auspices of the United Nations, bearing in mind paragraphs 5 and 6 of Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2017), para. 22
- Original document
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- Abstaining: Togo]
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- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories (2013), para. 23
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- 11. Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through all means at his disposal, to inform world public opinion of any activity that affects the exercise of the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in conformity with the Charter and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- 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 (2010), para. 67
- Paragraph text
- 51. Invites Member States to demonstrate greater commitment to fighting racism in sport by conducting educational and awareness-raising activities and by strongly condemning the perpetrators of racist incidents, in cooperation with national and international sports organizations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (2013), para. 16
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- 12. Recalls paragraphs 45 and 46 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, requests the United Nations entities concerned to take all adequate measures to address the issues raised therein, and requests the Advisory Committee to request the Board to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Convention on Biological Diversity (2001), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the generous offer of the Government of France, accepted by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting, to host the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, held at Montpellier from 11 to 15 December 2000,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2011), para. 42
- Original document
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- (e) Requests States to adopt concrete measures to prevent the violation of the human rights of migrants while in transit, including in ports and airports and at borders and migration checkpoints, to train public officials who work in those facilities and in border areas to treat migrants respectfully and in accordance with the law, and to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, any act of violation of the human rights of migrants, inter alia, arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from their country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including their transit through national borders;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development (2014), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Encourages Member States, international organizations, international financial institutions, entities and other relevant stakeholders to take into account the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development when designing and implementing alternative development programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (1998), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. Calls upon the international community to supplement national efforts by providing African countries with sufficient concessional resources for capacity-building and the attainment of a substantial and sustained pace of economic growth and development;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
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Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration ofCommitment on HIV/AIDS (2004), para. 38
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (ii) Expanding access to treatment, in a progressive and sustainable manner, including the prevention and treatment of opportunistic diseases and the effective use of antiretroviral medication;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- 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) (2007), para. 23
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
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Industrial development cooperation (1995), para. 05
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- Paragraph text
- Taking note of the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on industrial development cooperation 6/ and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the programme for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa (1993-2002), 7/
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2013), para. 014
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- 3. Invites Member States, consistent with their national legislation, to adopt and strengthen measures to ensure that effective legal aid is provided, in accordance with the spirit of the Principles and Guidelines, bearing in mind the diversity of criminal justice systems among different countries and regions around the world and the fact that legal aid is developed in accordance with the overall balance of the criminal justice system, as well as the circumstances of countries and regions;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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A world against violence and violent extremism (2014), para. 26
- Original document
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- 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
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Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development (2017), para. 25
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its ninth meeting of the strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention, 20 as well as decision X/3, adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting, 21 on the review of its implementation, and the targets for resource mobilization, under Aichi Target 20 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, adopted by the Conference of the Parties in its decision XII/3, 22 Noting the outcomes of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, all held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, in 2014,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2009), para. 31
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Requests the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels (2003), para. 02
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolutions 48/75 J of 16 December 1993, 49/75 O of 15 December 1994, 50/70 L of 12 December 1995, 51/45 Q of 10 December 1996, 52/38 Q of 9 December 1997, 53/77 P of 4 December 1998, 54/54 M of 1 December 1999, 55/33 P of 20 November 2000 and 56/24 I of 29 November 2001,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries (2008), para. 33
- Paragraph text
- 14. Note that some progress, although limited and uneven, has been achieved by landlocked developing countries in the area of international trade;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001), para. 29
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- 24. Recalls that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and that it is entitled to protection by society and the State, and calls upon States, working in close collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner and other concerned organizations, to take measures to ensure that the refugee’s family is protected, including through measures aimed at reuniting family members separated as a result of refugee flight;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Cambodia (2001), para. 35
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- 25. Notes with serious concern the problem of child labour in its worst forms, calls upon the Government of Cambodia to ensure adequate health and safety conditions for children and to outlaw, in particular, the worst forms of child labour, invites the International Labour Organization to continue to extend the necessary assistance in this regard, and encourages the Government of Cambodia to consider ratifying the 1999 International Labour Organization Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, Convention No. 182;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-second session (2001), para. 17
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- 9. Invites the International Law Commission to continue taking measures to enhance its efficiency and productivity;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the convening of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (2001), para. 75
- Paragraph text
- (d) Increasing the level of awareness about the scourges of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters (2000), para. 13
- Paragraph text
- Taking into account the fact that the economically more developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger contributions and that the economically less developed countries have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such an operation,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (1997), para. 04
- Paragraph text
- Considering that in its resolution 2028 (XX) of 19 November 1965 it established the principle of an acceptable balance of mutual responsibilities and obligations between nuclear-weapon States and those which do not possess such weapons,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 323
- Original document
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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
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 224
- Paragraph text
- Cooperation within the United Nations system
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (1999), para. 02
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- Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, 1
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (2008), para. 10
- Paragraph text
- 2. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Prevention of an arms race in outer space (2007), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling, in this context, its previous resolutions, in particular resolutions 45/55 B of 4 December 1990, 47/51 of 9 December 1992 and 48/74 A of 16 December 1993, in which, inter alia, it reaffirmed the importance of confidence- building measures as a means conducive to ensuring the attainment of the objective of the prevention of an arms race in outer space,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (2013), para. 35
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- 25. Decides that the decrease of 805,700 dollars in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2012 shall be set off against the credits from the amount of 11,462,430 dollars referred to in paragraphs 23 and 24 above;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- 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 (2013), para. 058
- Paragraph text
- 29. Reaffirms that deprivation of citizenship on the basis of race or descent is a breach of State parties’ obligations to ensure non-discriminatory enjoyment of the right to nationality;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2016), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 21. Encourages all States to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education, 8 in support of achieving a world free of nuclear weapons;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 59
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (o) Promotion of intercultural dialogue as a factor for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 9 and the Sustainable Development Goals;
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Prevention of an arms race in outer space (2004), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting that the Ad Hoc Committee on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, taking into account its previous efforts since its establishment in 1985 and seeking to enhance its functioning in qualitative terms, continued the examination and identification of various issues, existing agreements and existing proposals, as well as future initiatives relevant to the prevention of an arms race in outer space, 3 and that this contributed to a better understanding of a number of problems and to a clearer perception of the various positions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2016), para. 45
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- Paragraph text
- 28. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “Eradication of poverty and other development issues” the sub -item entitled “Human resources development”, unless otherwise agreed in the discussions on the revitalization of the Second Committee.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2011), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that New Zealand and Tokelau signed in November 2003 a document entitled “Joint statement of the principles of partnership”, which sets out the rights and responsibilities of the two partners,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2014), para. 044
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the importance of the work of the International Seabed Authority (the Authority) in accordance with the Convention and the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (the Part XI Agreement), 17
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Multilingualism (2017), para. 92
- Original document
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- 72. Takes note of the ongoing initiatives outlined in the report of the Secretary- General related to field operations, requests the Secretary-General to continue his ongoing efforts in this regard, and recalls its resolution 66/297 of 17 September 2012 without prejudice to Article 101 of the Charter;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of discrimination against women (2014), para. 34
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Working Group in its task, to supply all necessary available information requested by it and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to its requests to visit their country to enable it to fulfil its mandate effectively;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1995), para. 008
- Paragraph text
- Noting with satisfaction the participation of New Zealand in the work of the Special Committee,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2007), para. 07
- Paragraph text
- Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Mission with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Status of preparation for the International Year of Mountains, 2002 (2001), para. 08
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- 1. Welcomes the activities undertaken by States, United Nations organizations, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations in preparation for the observance of the International Year of Mountains, and encourages them to continue their efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of and assistance to Palestinian children (2003), para. 6
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its condemnation of all acts of violence resulting in extensive loss of human life and injuries, including among Palestinian children,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 126
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) Improve regulations on public and private recruitment agencies in order to align them with international guidelines and best practices, and prohibit recruiters and employers from charging or shifting recruitment fees or related costs to migrant workers in order to prevent debt bondage, exploitation and forced labour, including by establishing mandatory, enforceable mechanisms for effective regulation and monitoring of the recruitment industry;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (2003), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Invites voluntary contributions to the Observer Mission in cash and in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General to be administered, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure and practices established by the General Assembly;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (2007), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (i) General exchange of views;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2008), para. 044
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Calls upon States and international financial institutions, including through bilateral, regional and global cooperation programmes and technical partnerships, to continue to strengthen capacity-building activities, in particular in developing countries, in the field of marine scientific research by, inter alia, training personnel to develop and enhance relevant expertise, providing the necessary equipment, facilities and vessels and transferring environmentally sound technologies;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (2019), para. 48
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Encourages all relevant stakeholders to further develop financial literacy and financial education programmes that include an emphasis on the impact of finance on sustainable development, as appropriate, in order to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to access financial services, in particular women and girls, farmers and those working in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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General and complete disarmament (2001), para. 413
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Requests the Secretary-General to implement the recommendations in his 2000 report on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development and to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for the Secretariat to operate and maintain the Register;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in protection (2011), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Underscores that States have the primary responsibility for protecting women and girls facing violence and, in this regard, urges States:
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses (2013), para. 43
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Calls upon all States to continue to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and to consider responding favourably to the mandate holder’s requests to visit their countries and to provide all necessary information related to the mandate to enable the mandate holder to fulfil the duties of the mandate effectively;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (1993), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking into account the desire of both organizations to cooperate more closely in their common search for solutions to global problems, such as questions relating to international peace and security, disarmament, self- determination, decolonization, fundamental human rights and economic and technical development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of New Caledonia (2016), para. 45
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Requests the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to provide economic, social and other assistance to New Caledonia and to continue to do so, as appropriate, after it exercises its right to self-determination;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2017), para. 128
- Paragraph text
- 92. Notes the continued growth of the United Nations Academic Impact, calls upon the Department of Public Information to promote global awareness of the Academic Impact in order to encourage balanced participation among Member States and their continued support for the initiative, within existing resources, and encourages Member States to promote the initiative among their academic institutions, as appropriate, with a view to their joining it, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 70/93 A and B of 9 December 2015;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2013), para. 121
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Requests the Secretary-General to make further concerted efforts to promote outreach programmes, such as traineeships and internships, and to introduce innovative methods to increase awareness of the programmes, including through partnerships with Member States, relevant international organizations and language institutions in all regions, in particular to close the wide gap in Africa and Latin America, and to report to the General Assembly thereon at its sixty-eighth session;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (1997), para. 031
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific".
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Palestine refugees (2003), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Affirms the necessity for the continuation of the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the importance of its operation and services for the well-being of the Palestine refugees and for the stability of the region, pending the resolution of the question of the Palestine refugees;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects (2007), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the widespread interest in contributing to the work of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations expressed by Member States, in particular troop-contributing countries,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2018), para. 105
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- Paragraph text
- 66. Notes with appreciation the activities undertaken in the area of capacity- building, including in the areas of countering the financing of terrorism, border control, maritime and aviation security, and preventing the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, by United Nations entities, including the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (Global Counter- Terrorism Coordination Compact entities), inter alia, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and INTERPOL, in coordination with other relevant international, regional and subregional organizations, to assist Member States, upon their request, in implementing the Strategy, and encourages the Task Force to ensure the focused delivery of capacity-building assistance, including in the framework of the Integrated Assistance for Countering Terrorism Initiative;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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External debt sustainability and development (2010), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 4F 5
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2019), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling further the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 9 and emphasizing specifically its call for a freeze on all settlement activity, including so-called natural growth, and the dismantlement of all settlement outposts erected since March 2001, and the need for Israel to uphold its obligations and commitments in this regard,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace (2003), para. 05
- Paragraph text
- Emphasizing the need to foster consensual approaches that are conducive to the pursuit of such endeavours,
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2014), para. 17
- Paragraph text
- Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution 23/5 of 13 June 2013, entitled “Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses”, 9 and other relevant resolutions of the Council on trafficking in persons,
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the report of the South Commission (1994), para. 3
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on developments pertaining to the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the South Commission, 2/ in which he proposed a comprehensive approach to the questions of South-South cooperation,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans (2002), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 018
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (1999), para. 020
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) Organizing the Subregional Conference on Democratic Institutions and Peace in Central Africa, at Bata, Equatorial Guinea, from 18 to 21 May 1998;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-first session (1999), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Commends the Commission for the progress made in its work on receivables financing, electronic commerce, privately financed infrastructure projects and the legislative implementation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New York on 10 June 1958; 2
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (2015), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Believing it necessary to contribute effectively in an efficient, coordinated manner to resolving the challenge of removing cluster munition remnants located throughout the world, and to ensure their destruction,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Covenants on Human Rights (2008), para. 29
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Working Group on the Harmonization of Working Methods of Treaty Bodies, 15 14F and looks forward to further deliberations in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (2002), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Mindful of the fact that it is essential to provide the Force with the necessary financial resources to enable it to fulfil its responsibilities under the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development (2014), para. 38
- Paragraph text
- 18. Emphasizes the need to pursue, at the national level and in a manner consistent with national laws, appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks through which to encourage public and private initiatives, including at the local level, and to foster a dynamic and well-functioning business sector, while improving income growth and distribution, raising productivity, advancing women’s empowerment and protecting labour rights and the environment, and reiterates the importance of ensuring that the benefits of growth reach all people by empowering individuals and communities;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- 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 (2013), para. 053
- Paragraph text
- 24. Urges all States parties to the Convention to intensify their efforts to implement the obligations that they have accepted under article 4 of the Convention, with due regard to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 12 and article 5 of the Convention;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (2013), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling further the decisions and declarations adopted by the Assembly of the African Union at all its ordinary and extraordinary sessions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 089
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 44. We reaffirm our commitment to support developing country efforts to ensure that all children have access to and complete free and compulsory primary education of good quality, to eliminate gender inequality and imbalance and to renew efforts to improve girls’ education. We also commit ourselves to continuing to support the efforts of developing countries in the implementation of the Education for All initiative, including with enhanced resources of all types through the Education for All fast-track initiative in support of country-led national education plans.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2003), para. 01
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- The General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 228
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (f) Assist Member States, upon request, in utilizing the Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. 12
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2005), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 1
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice (2011), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Stresses the special need for national capacity-building in the field of the administration of justice, in particular to establish and maintain stable societies and the rule of law in post-conflict situations, through reform of the judiciary, the police and the penal system, as well as juvenile justice reform;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2006), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 14. Welcomes the efforts by development partners to strengthen cooperation with the New Partnership;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to development (2002), para. 36
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Also affirms the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective means to combat poverty, hunger and disease and to stimulate sustainable development, as well as the importance of equal rights and opportunities for women and men, including property rights for women and their access to bank loans, mortgages and other forms of financial credit, taking into account the best practices of microcredit in different parts of the world;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The role of cooperatives in the light of new economic and social trends (1995), para. 09
- Paragraph text
- 4. Also encourages Governments to consider reviewing legal and administrative constraints on the activities of cooperatives with a view to eliminating those constraints that are not applied to other businesses and enterprises;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2000), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel of settlement activities, including the ongoing construction of the new settlement at Jebel Abu-Ghneim, in violation of international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the agreements reached between the parties,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2010), para. 35
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (k) To ensure that their laws criminalizing acts of terrorism are accessible, formulated with precision, non-discriminatory, non-retroactive and in accordance with international law, including human rights law;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (2018), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting also the discussions on the issue of improvised explosive devices by the informal group of experts under the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 (Amended Protocol II) 6 and on the technical annex to the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) 7 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, 8 and further noting that, for States parties thereto, anti-personnel mines of an improvised nature also fall within the scope of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 9
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (2019), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and see king to address their unfinished business,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- 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 (2013), para. 39
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Also stresses, in this context, the importance of strengthening international cooperation, particularly through the effective use of multilateral mechanisms, in the timely provision of humanitarian assistance through all phases of a disaster, from relief and recovery to development, including the provision of adequate resources;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2008), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Aware of the agreement between the Agency and the Government of Israel,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (2009), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Stresses once again that Israel should strictly abide by resolutions 51/233, 52/237, 53/227, 54/267, 55/180 A, 55/180 B, 56/214 A, 56/214 B, 57/325, 58/307, 59/307, 60/278, 61/250 A, 61/250 B, 61/250 C and 62/265;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights (2017), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Welcomes the steps taken at the national level to implement economic, social and cultural rights, including the enactment of appropriate legislation and adjudication by national courts, and in this regard underlines the need to consider justiciability when determining the best way to give domestic legal effect to the rights in the Covenant;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief (2015), para. 23
- Paragraph text
- Underlining also the importance of raising awareness about different cultures and religions or beliefs and of education in the promotion of tolerance, which involves the acceptance by the public of and its respect for religious and cultural diversity, including with regard to religious expression, and underlining further the fact that education, in particular at school, should contribute in a meaningful way to promoting tolerance and the elimination of discrimination based on religion or belief,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2013), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) To allow human rights and humanitarian organizations to operate in Eritrea without fear or intimidation, and to facilitate the full implementation of the Strategic Partnership Cooperation Framework for 2013-2016 signed by the Government of Eritrea and the United Nations on 28 January 2013;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of Older Persons: towards a society for all ages (1996), para. 01
- Paragraph text
- The General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review of duplication, complexity and bureaucracy in United Nations administrative processes and procedures (2004), para. 3
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having considered the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of duplication, complexity and bureaucracy in United Nations administrative processes and procedures, 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (2003), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Also urges States to ensure, in particular, that no one within their jurisdiction is, because of their religion or belief, deprived of the right to life or the right to liberty and security of person or subjected to torture or arbitrary arrest or detention and to bring to justice all perpetrators of violations of these rights;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- 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 (2004), para. 74
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- 45. Requests the Special Rapporteur to continue his exchange of views with Member States and relevant mechanisms and treaty bodies within the United Nations system in order to enhance further their effectiveness and mutual cooperation;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (1998), para. 07
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- 1. Welcomes the appointment of the Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, and takes note with appreciation of the work done by the previous Acting Director;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam,Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (2003), para. 029
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- 2. Reaffirms also that, in the process of decolonization, there is no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2014), para. 34
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- 16. Encourages the establishment of further nuclear-weapon-free zones, where appropriate, on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among States of the region concerned and in accordance with the 1999 guidelines of the Disarmament Commission, 7 recognizes that, by signing and ratifying relevant protocols that contain negative security assurances, nuclear-weapon States would undertake individual legally binding commitments with respect to the status of such zones and not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against States parties to such treaties, and welcomes in this regard the signature of the Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia by the five nuclear-weapon States on 6 May 2014;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor and the United NationsMission of Support in East Timor (2002), para. 36
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- 22. Emphasizes that no peacekeeping mission shall be financed by borrowing funds from other active peacekeeping missions;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (2004), para. 27
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- (a) To send, without delay, a circular note to all States reminding them of the request contained in paragraph 10 above;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2005), para. 09
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- 2. Welcomes the contribution of the Commission for Social Development in the follow-up to and review of the further implementation of the commitments made at the World Summit for Social Development and the further initiatives agreed upon at the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, 2 reaffirms that the Commission will continue to have the primary responsibility in this regard, and encourages Governments, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and civil society to enhance their support to its work;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation,reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (2006), para. 09
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- Welcoming the appointment of Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United States of America, as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery and the establishment of the Global Consortium for Tsunami- Affected Countries to sustain the political will of the international community to support medium- and long-term rehabilitation, reconstruction and risk reduction efforts led by the Governments of affected countries,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Enhancing international cooperation towards a durable solution to the external debt problem of developing countries (1996), para. 03
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- Reaffirming its resolutions 48/165 of 21 December 1993 on renewal of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership and 48/166 of 21 December 1993 on an agenda for development,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2017), para. 38
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- 8. Encourages the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council 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 addressing the right to food and food insecurity to continue to integrate a gender perspective into their relevant policies, programmes and activities;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Reducing nuclear danger (2016), para. 12
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- Recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons 2 that there exists an obligation for all States to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control,
- Topic(s)
- 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 (2015), para. 88
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- 60. Requests the Secretary-General to report on actions taken to enable the United Nations to continue to strengthen its ability to recruit and deploy staff quickly, effectively and flexibly, to procure emergency relief materials and services rapidly, cost-effectively and locally, where applicable, and to quickly disburse funds in order to support Governments and United Nations country teams in the coordination of international humanitarian assistance;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia (2015), para. 10
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- 1. Recognizes the right of return of all internally displaced persons and refugees and their descendants, regardless of ethnicity, to their homes throughout Georgia, including in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2016), para. 34
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- 16. Notes that the rapid economic growth of some developing countries has had a positive impact on the efforts of the African continent to sustain and expand growth, despite the fact that those developing countries continue to fa ce development challenges;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (2003), para. 27
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- 9. Recalls the primary responsibility of the States members of the Community to consolidate democracy, good governance, sound economic policy and the rule of law and to enhance the implementation of national development programmes, and recognizes efforts made in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Information and communications technologies for sustainable development (2018), para. 25
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- Reaffirming also that Internet governance, including the process towards enhanced cooperation and the convening of the Internet Governance Forum, should continue to follow the provisions set forth in the outcomes of the summits held in Geneva and Tunis,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (2003), para. 16
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- 10. Authorizes the Secretary-General to fill the three general staff posts referred to in paragraph 22 of the report of the Advisory Committee 3 for a period not to exceed one year, and invites the Secretary-General to resubmit with full justification this request in connection with the budget request for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2014), para. 03
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- Reiterating its concern that, despite sustained measures taken at the international, regional and national levels, trafficking in persons remains one of the grave challenges facing the international community, which also impairs the enjoyment of human rights and needs a more concerted collective and comprehensive international response,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights (2002), para. 03
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- Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 2
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998), para. 42
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- 20. Encourages the acceleration of the peaceful, orderly and phased return of refugees and displaced persons, including to areas where they would be in the ethnic minority, strongly condemns all acts of intimidation, violence and killings, including those acts designed to discourage the voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons, and demands that such acts be investigated and prosecuted;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Transparency in armaments (2002), para. 11
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- (a) Recalls its request to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with their views on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development and on transparency measures related to weapons of mass destruction;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories (2017), para. 12
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- 1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1 is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The rule of law at the national and international levels (2013), para. 07
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- Reaffirming the duty of all States to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations and to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered, in accordance with Chapter VI of the Charter, and calling upon States that have not yet done so to consider accepting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in accordance with its Statute,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2009), para. 086
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- 74. Urges the Government of Afghanistan, supported by the international community, to work to mainstream counter-narcotics throughout all the national programmes and to ensure that counter-narcotics is a fundamental part of the comprehensive approach, as well as to increase its efforts against opium cultivation and drug trafficking in accordance with the balanced eight-pillar plan of the Afghan National Drug Control Strategy; 15F 16
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (2014), para. 01
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- The General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights of older persons (2019), para. 11
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- 4. Requests the Independent Expert to report regularly to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in accordance with their respective programmes of work;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Reducing nuclear danger (2004), para. 05
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- Convinced also that nuclear disarmament and the complete elimination of nuclear weapons are essential to remove the danger of nuclear war,
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them (2004), para. 25
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- 9. Invites the Secretary-General and those States and organizations that are in a position to do so to provide assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Capital master plan (2011), para. 20
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- 14. Recalls paragraph 7 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and reiterates its request that the Secretary-General make every effort to finish the project in accordance with the schedule approved in its resolution 62/87;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka (2014), para. 15
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- Expressing serious concern at the continuing reports of violations of human rights in Sri Lanka, including sexual and gender-based violence, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture and violations of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, threats to judicial independence and the rule of law, as well as intimidation of and reprisals against human rights defenders, members of civil society, lawyers and journalists,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- 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 (2006), para. 39
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- 24. Also emphasizes the fundamental and complementary role of national human rights institutions, regional bodies or centres and civil society, working jointly with States towards the achievement of the objectives of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2006), para. 24
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- Financing of the appropriation
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization (2016), para. 37
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- 33. Acknowledges the ongoing efforts of the States members of the Economic Cooperation Organization to strengthen regional cooperation to combat drugs and organized crime, including the establishment of a police mechanism, a regiona l judicial and legal cooperation mechanism and the Economic Cooperation Organization regional centre for the cooperation of anti-corruption agencies and ombudsmen, and invites the relevant organizations of the United Nations system and other international organizations, including the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to assist and support those efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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