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As part of the same Israeli policy that flouts all relevant resolutions of international legitimacy, in particular resolution 497 (1981), which provides that the Israeli decision to annex the Syrian Golan is null and void and has no legal effect, Israel is continuing to refuse to return the occupied Syrian Golan to its motherland, Syria, and is pursuing its settlement policies,

The Meeting recalled the provisions of ESCAP resolution 66/10, whereby the Commission had called upon members and associate members, inter alia, “to ground universal access in

The Court further noted that freedom of expression must be exercised “with necessary respect for other human

During the discussion, participants raised questions about the lack of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning for HIV-positive women; the relationship between HIV and property rights of women (i.e., AIDS widows who suffered from property grabbing after their husbands had passed away, while on the other hand, lack of property rights of women increases their vulnerability to HIV infection) and the need to ensure legal equality and

Women who suffer from cognitive and/or

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that, in conformity with article 1, paragraph 3,

Replying to certain criticisms of his use of sources and examples in his sixth report, the Special Rapporteur explained that he had tried to make the best use of the material available, the sources of which had always been clearly cited, and that he had expressly stated in

She regretted the fact that new regulations penalized illegal migrants and asked the Member States to respect human dignity by refraining from

At its fifty-fourth session, in its resolution 54/13, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs noted the provisions of the 2011-2015 UNAIDS Strategy, which promoted the objectives of

In word and deed, it is apparent that Israel is bent on breaching the Fourth Geneva Convention and creating facts on the ground that illegally and artificially alter in its favour the demographic composition, character and status of the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in and around East Jerusalem — facts on the ground that

Mutual respect could go a long way to ensure effective dialogue and communication in

In addition to such measures, in violation of the prisoners’ basic human rights, the occupying Power continues to subject Palestinian prisoners and detainees to all forms of psychological and physical

Treating people less favourably on the basis of their race or engaging in an unwelcome, abusive, insulting or offensive behavior because of another person’s or his / her near

The escalating acts of violence, lawlessness and terror being perpetrated by the more than half a million Israeli settlers, many of whom are armed, include the killing of a Palestinian and the serious injury of a disabled person and a youth in a hit-and-run accident in Al-Khalil and the Ramallah area; the burning of the Qusra mosque and the desecration of mosques in the villages of Bir Zeit, Deir Istiya and Yetma; the uprooting, burning and destruction of over 3,000 olive trees and grapevines; the burning of 20 dunums of agricultural land in Bi’lin in response to weekly peaceful protests against the illegal wall; the flooding of 40 dunums of agricultural land in Walaja with sewage from nearby settlements; the burning and destruction of 63 dunums of agricultural land in the villages of Halhoul,

Condemns in the strongest terms rape and sexual violence committed against children in armed conflict, expresses deep concern at mass and systematic rape and sexual violence committed against