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He called on Bureau members to identify in their respective regions those activities that can be undertaken while the political process of approval of the work programme of the CST gets under way. (...) Bureau members were urged to undertake consultations in their respective regions with a view to consolidating these inputs in the guidelines evolved by the secretariat. (...) The Secretary of the CST introduced the respective COP 8 decisions on the functioning of the CST, the roster of independent experts, networking of institutions, the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project and the UNCCD fellowship programme and, after deliberating on each one, the Bureau decided the following： (a) The Bureau of the CST should hold two meetings per year.

Decides to allow the registration under the joint implementation modalities and procedures of existing projects determined in accordance with paragraph 23 of the annex to decision 9/CMP.1 (hereinafter referred to as joint implementation Track 1), where the project participants and the respective host Party agree to continue the project, subject to updating the baseline and monitoring plans of the project and meeting other requirements under the joint implementation modalities and procedures; 9 bis. Decides to allow the registration under the joint implementation modalities and procedures of existing projects determined in accordance with paragraphs 30–45 of the annex to decision 9/CMP.1 (hereinafter referred to as joint implementation Track 2), where the project participants and the respective host Parties agree to continue the project; 9ter. (...) Registration is considered the formal approval of the respective joint implementation activity by the host Party.

Freedom of movement of displaced persons – Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 The information in the different sources available to the Court was consistent regarding the refusal of the South Ossetian and Abkhazian authorities to allow the return of many ethnic Georgians to their respective homes, even if some returns in the region of Akhalgori had been authorised. (...) In the meantime, the de facto South Ossetian and Abkhazian authorities, and the Russian Federation, which had effective control over those regions, had a duty under the Convention to enable inhabitants of Georgian origin to return to their respective homes. The Court concluded that there had been an administrative practice contrary to Article 2 of Protocol No. 4. The situation regarding the inability of Georgian nationals to return to their respective homes had still been ongoing on 23 May 2018, the date of the hearing on the merits in the present case.

Soon after the new government took office, political prisoners, activists and detained students were released from respective prisons under the presidential pardons. (...) Individuals in the military committing sexual violence and offences are being dealt with respective laws carrying harsh sentences including life imprisonment and death penalty in some cases. (...) With the cooperation of representatives from respective departments and organizations, and experts from local and international community including USAID, The Committee set up a framework and an action plan to develop the National Land Use Policy.

The integrated model will also enable local assessment results to be extrapolated across a wide area, and the data thus derived to be included in the respective national action programmes (NAPs), which have hitherto often lacked scientific and technological information. (...) Assessment on this larger scale provides the indispensable basis for policy formation and decision-making; however, the difficulty of combining breadth of scope and depth of complexity in a single examination has meant that conventional desertification research has been compartmentalized according to the different spatial scales involved in each respective project. Desertification assessment requires arguments built upon diverse indicators, which are obtained by field surveys. (...) (a) Land vulnerability assessment by field survey On the basis of a thematic map of climate, topology, geology and soil, we shall first divide the target areas into several landscape types in accordance with their respective landscape ecology, and shall then establish an observation station in each of these districts in conjunction with researchers from the counterpart-countries.

A/73/949 19-12164 2/8 2019年 7月 11日葡萄牙常驻联合国代表给秘书长的信的附件 Lisboa+21 Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes 2019 Convened in the World Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth 2019 and the Youth Forum Lisboa+21, organized by the Portuguese Government and the Portuguese National Youth Council, in cooperation with United Nations-system partners, in Lisboa, on the 22nd and the 23rd of June 2019, Reaffirming the World Programme of Action for Youth adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December 2007, which provides a policy framework and practical guidelines for national action and international support to improve the situation of young people around the world, within fifteen youth priority areas; Recalling further General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which for the first time the Assembly recognized children and youth as agents of change, and recognizing that the Sustainable Development Goals are integrated, indivisible and universal in nature, and therefore that all of them apply to youth; Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all human rights instruments relevant, to protect promote and fulfil the human rights of all young people, as well as regional human rights instruments that particularly target youth or are relevant to young people; Affirming the pioneer role of the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes (1998) and recalling the relevance of its commitments, and further recognizing the International Youth Years celebrated thereto, Welcoming the establishment of the function of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth (2013) and underlining the Envoy’s important task, as Chair of the High-Level Steering Committee for the United Nations Youth Strategy “Youth 2030” (2018); Reiterating the need to protect, promote and fulfil the human rights of all young people in all their diversity and recognizing that the human rights of all young people are not fully realized and further underlining the importance of addressing the specific needs of all young people, giving particular attention to young women and girls, marginalized groups and young people belonging to vulnerable groups or in vulnerable situations, including indigenous youth, youth in rural areas, youth with disabilities, young A/73/949 3/8 19-12164 migrants or those who face discrimination based on any other ground or on multiple grounds, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development commitment to leave no one behind and reach the furthest behind first; Express further concern that adolescent girls and young women continue to encounter and be disproportionally affected by significant legal, cultural, social and economic barriers affecting their empowerment and equal opportunities to reach their full potential due to discriminatory laws, stereotypes and sexism from a young age, institutions, attitudes and harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, unequal pay for work of equal value, adolescent pregnancy, sexual and gender-based violence, lack of political inclusion, unpaid care work, legal impediments and restrictions and securing employment, lower wages, and further acknowledge that age and gender are characteristics that often intersect, add to and multiply discrimination based on other grounds; Acknowledging that the current generation of youth is the largest one ever and reaffirming that a large youth population presents a unique demographic dividend that can contribute to lasting peace and to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental, if inclusive and effective policies are in place; Recognizing that the international community faces increasing challenges posed by today’s rapidly changing environment and marked by evolving and mutually-reinforced shifts of geopolitical, demographic, climatic, technological, social, cultural and economic nature, creating unparalleled conditions for progress but, upending the established order, and creating new and interlinked challenges for youth and societies at large in ensuring respect for their human rights in all areas; Acknowledging that meaningful youth participation, engagement and empowerment are instrumental in all stages of youth policymaking processes and decision-making processes that affect young people’s lives at local, national, regional and international levels, and that youth remain largely excluded from formal decision-making and political participation, and recognizing further that new forms of political, economic, cultural and societal engagement and participation have emerged, based on specific issues and contexts, utilizing both online and offline methods; Acknowledging the important link between migration and development, recognizing that migration brings both opportunities and challenges to countries of origin, transit and destination, to migrants and to the global community, and recognizing the responsibility to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants effectively, regardless of their migration status, especially those of women, young people and children; Expressing concern that among civilians, youth account for many of those adversely affected by armed conflict, including as refugees and internally displaced persons, and that the disruption of youth’s access to education, leisure time and economic opportunities has a dramatic impact on durable peace and reconciliation; A/73/949 19-12164 4/8 Affirming that generating decent work and quality employment for youth is one of the biggest challenges that needs to be tackled, and emphasizing the priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth linked to the employability of youth, including education, health and access to information, while recognizing the rapidly changing future of work requires critical investments in foresight activities on the part of governments; adaptable social, economic, political and legal institutions; young people’s capabilities and their opportunities for life-long learning and the provision of social protection; Noting the variation of definition of the term youth that may exist at the national and international levels and underlining the importance of recognizing that young people go through different stages, from dependence of childhood to adulthood ś independence, including adolescence, requiring explicit attention on the policies and programmes involving youth; WE, MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH AND YOUTH DELEGATES, WITHIN OUR RESPECTIVE COMPETENCES, COMMIT OURSELVES TO: 1. (...) We, Governments and Youth Delegates, hereby adopt and commit ourselves within the framework of our respective competences and responsibilities to implement the above-mentioned measures and to foster the further implementation of the integrated, human rights-based, human-centred and transformative global development agendas, with the active participation of and in collaboration with youth, ensuring that young people's unique perspectives and contributions are meaningfully incorporated.

We, representatives of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine, the Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe, in our respective capacities as National Coordinators of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, met at the vice -ministerial level, in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, in order to discuss ways and means to advance our common endeavors aimed at preserving, promoting and defending the prevalence and validity of the Charter of the United Nations, both in its letter and spirit, and to further improve our coordination on issues of common concern and interest and on potential ways to move forward. 2. (...) We call for the redoubling of efforts towards the democratization of international relations and the strengthening of multilateralism and of a multipolar system, based, among others, on mutual respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States, as well as on respect for the principle of equal rights and self - determination of peoples, for the rule of law, diplomacy, political dialogue, tolerance, A/77/583 5/8 22-25293 peaceful coexistence, respect for diversity, inclusiveness, a culture of peace and non-violence, and due consideration for existing differences, all of which are essential for constructively and effectively working together on issues of common interest and concern. 7. (...) We call on the Secretariat of the United Nations to strictly adhere to the founding Charter of the Organization, in particular the provisions of Article 100, in the performance of its duties, in accordance with their respective mandate, including when implementing General Assembly and Security Council resolutions. 11.

Other members include the respective chairpersons of the lower chamber (Assembly of Representatives, or Majilis Namoyanandagon) and of the upper chamber (National Assembly or Majilis Milliy) of the Supreme Assembly (Majilis Oli), the State Adviser of the President for human resources policy and the Chairperson, the First Deputy Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson (Secretary) of the Council of Justice. (...) During this period, the arrested person remains without any means to defend her/his rights; − Access to independent legal counsel also seems to be obstructed by the requirement for the lawyer to receive permission by the official investigating the case and, in some cases, by the head of the respective remand centre (SIZO - sledstvenniy izolator) to visit the arrested person; − Many detainees are said to be unaware of their right to legal assistance. (...) The Presidium decides about a disciplinary measure by a simple majority vote; an expulsion from the profession requires a two-third vote of the membership of the respective branch of the Republican Collegium. The advocate has the right to appeal the decision before the Republican Collegium and then to appeal in court.

The regulation also fails to include any legal requirement for the Commission or the respective member State to undertake a social or human rights impact assessment of the (draft) macroeconomic 5 Regulation (EU) 1173/2011. 6 Council regulation (EU) No. 407/2010. 7 Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, signed on 2 February 2012. 8 See article 7 (2) of regulation (EU) 472/2013. (...) Programmes need only to be published after they have been agreed between the respective Government and the institutions, limiting the ability of citizens to shape their content. (...) However, the level of protection provided by the Charter “shall not be interpreted as restricting or adversely affecting human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized, in their respective fields of application, by Union law and international law and by international agreements to which the Union or all the Member States are party” (art. 53). 22.

Other laws still recognize Tswana tribes and tribal structures, without similar recognition of the smaller tribes and their respective political and social structures. For example, the Tribal Territories Act of 1968, which still provides part of the legal framework for indigenous land rights in Botswana (see paragraphs 40–44 below), names tribal territories after the major Tswana tribes. (...) As that initiative progresses, the Special Rapporteur stresses the importance of additionally consulting with community members themselves to address their respective needs and concerns. 36. Regarding education, the Special Rapporteur commends the Government for its commitment to ensuring universal access to education and notes the aspects of the national school curriculum and educational planning that call for an awareness of diverse cultures. (...) A/HRC/15/37/Add.2 GE.10-13967 13 47. Respect for ethnic and cultural diversity is a core principle of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.