ReliefWeb

01 Oct 2012

Colombia + 15 others
Update on UNHCR’s operations in the Americas

Report

— UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme

Sixty-third session

Geneva, 1-5 October 2012

A. Situational analysis including new developments

In the Americas region, the implementation of pledges made during the Ministerial Intergovernmental Event1, held in December 2011, have been consolidated in the following areas:

Statelessness

03 Apr 2011

Bolivia
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of her office in the Plurinational State of Bolivia (A/HRC/16/20/Add.2)

Report

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Human Rights Council

Sixteenth session

Agenda item 2

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Addendum

Summary

03 Apr 2011

Bolivia
Informe de la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos sobre las actividades de su oficina en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (A/HRC/16/20/Add.2)

Report

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Consejo de Derechos Humanos

16.º período de sesiones

Tema 2 de la agenda

Informe anual del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos e informes de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y del Secretario General

Informe de la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos

Adición

Resumen

18 Sep 2009

occupied Palestinian territory + 1 other
Right of peoples to self-determination (A/64/360)

Report

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Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 68
Right of peoples to self-determination

Report of the Secretary-General

Summary

In its resolution 63/163, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-fourth session on the question of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination. The present report has been prepared in accordance with that request. It contains a summary of the developments relating to the consideration of this subject by the Human Rights Council and outlines

24 Aug 2009

Afghanistan + 59 others
Central Emergency Response Fund - Report of the Secretary-General (A/64/327)

Report

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General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Item 72 (a) of the provisional agenda
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination
of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

Summary

The present report on the Central Emergency Response Fund is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/139 of 11 December 2008 and covers activities from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

14 Aug 2009

Afghanistan + 10 others
Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization (A/64/304)

Report

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Sixty-fourth session
Item 71 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

Report of the Secretary-General

I. Introduction

1. The present report has been prepared in conformity with General Assembly resolution 62/150 and covers electoral activities undertaken by the United Nations since the previous report on

03 Aug 2009

Burkina Faso + 9 others
Agriculture development and food security - Report of the Secretary-General (A/64/221)

Report

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Sixty-fourth session
Item 62 of the provisional agenda
Agriculture development and food security

Summary

The impacts of the 2008 food crisis have been complex and far-reaching, increasing the number of hungry and undernourished people in the world and jeopardizing the progress made in achieving internationally agreed development goals. Climate change, energy needs, diminishing natural resources and ailing or outdated market systems all are factors that affect the ability to respond to the food security challenge in a strategic and

21 Jul 2009

Côte d'Ivoire + 27 others
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter (A/HRC/12/31)

Report

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Twelfth session
Agenda item 3

PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

Crisis into opportunity: reinforcing multilateralism

Summary

Since the global food crisis has put hunger at the top of the political agenda, important efforts have been put, at both international and national levels, into increasing the supply of food. Producing more food will not, however, reduce hunger if we neglect

18 Feb 2009

Bolivia
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen: Mission to Bolivia (A/HRC/11/11)

Report

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Eleventh session
Agenda item 3

PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

Summary

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people carried out an official visit to Bolivia, at the invitation of the Government, from 25 November to 7 December 2007.

Bolivia is a multi-ethnic country with a predominantly indigenous population (62 per cent). Since 2005, the Government

18 Feb 2009

Bolivia
Informe del Relator Especial sobre la situación de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de los indígenas, Sr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen: Misión a Bolivia (A/HRC/11/11)

Report

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CONSEJO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
11=BA período de sesiones
Tema 3 de la agenda

PROMOCIÓN Y PROTECCIÓN DE TODOS LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS, CIVILES, POLÍTICOS, ECONÓMICOS, SOCIALES Y CULTURALES, INCLUIDO EL DERECHO AL DESARROLLO

Resumen

El Relator Especial sobre la situación de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de los indígenas realizó una visita oficial a Bolivia, a invitación del Gobierno, del 25 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2007.

Bolivia es un país multiétnico, siendo indígena la mayoría de su población (62%). Desde 2005 el Gobierno de Bolivia

30 May 2008

Afghanistan + 23 others
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations - Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/81-E/2008/71)

Report

— UN Economic and Social Council, UN General Assembly

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General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Item 68 (a) of the preliminary list*
Strengthening of the coordination of
humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
of the United Nations, including special
economic assistance: strengthening of the
coordination of emergency humanitarian
assistance of the United Nations

Economic and Social Council
Substantive session of 2008
New York, 30 June-25 July 2008
Item 5 of the provisional agenda**
Special economic, humanitarian and disaster
relief assistance

Summary

07 Sep 2007

Afghanistan + 19 others
International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in field of natural disasters, from relief to development (A/62/323): Report of the Secretary-General

Report

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Sixty-second session

Item 73 (a) of the provisional agenda (A/62/323)
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

Summary

The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 61/131, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to improve international preparedness, response and mitigation efforts in relation to disasters, and to report