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Title
# Entities
Details
A/RES/53/242
Report of the Secretary-General on Environment and Human Settlements
3
S/RES/1612(2005)
Security Council Resolution 1612 (2005) [on Children in Armed Conflict]
3
E/RES/2015/33
International Arrangement on Forests Beyond 2015
2
S/RES/2744(2024)
Security Council Resolution 2744 (2024) [on Strengthening the Mandate of the Focal Point for the De-Listing Procedure for Removing Individuals and Entities From Sanctions Lists]
2
A/RES/78/324
Consideration of Decision 14/1 of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, Entitled "Recommendations Regarding the Identification of Possible Gaps in the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons and How Best to Address Them"
2
A/RES/61/111
International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
1
A/HRC/RES/58/13
Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group for the Elaboration of a Legally Binding Instrument on the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons
1
A/HRC/RES/54/26
Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
1
A/HRC/RES/60/5
Mandate of the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination
1
A/HRC/RES/26/9
Elaboration of an International Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights
1
A/HRC/RES/54/11
Mandate of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group to Elaborate the Content of an International Regulatory Framework on the Regulation, Monitoring and Oversight of the Activities of Private Military and Security Companies
1
A/HRC/RES/54/14
Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
1
A/HRC/RES/54/9
Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
1
A/HRC/RES/56/5
Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Rights to Early Childhood Education, Free Pre-Primary Education and Free Secondary Education
1
A/HRC/RES/24/4
The Right to Development
1
Report of the Secretary-General on Environment and Human Settlements
A/RES/53/242··1998
Security Council Resolution 1612 (2005) [on Children in Armed Conflict]
S/RES/1612(2005)··2005
International Arrangement on Forests Beyond 2015
E/RES/2015/33··2015
Security Council Resolution 2744 (2024) [on Strengthening the Mandate of the Focal Point for the De-Listing Procedure for Removing Individuals and Entities From Sanctions Lists]
S/RES/2744(2024)··2024
Consideration of Decision 14/1 of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, Entitled "Recommendations Regarding the Identification of Possible Gaps in the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons and How Best to Address Them"
A/RES/78/324··2023
International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
A/RES/61/111··2006
Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group for the Elaboration of a Legally Binding Instrument on the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons
A/HRC/RES/58/13··2025
Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
A/HRC/RES/54/26··2023
Mandate of the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination
A/HRC/RES/60/5··2025
Elaboration of an International Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights
A/HRC/RES/26/9··2014
Mandate of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group to Elaborate the Content of an International Regulatory Framework on the Regulation, Monitoring and Oversight of the Activities of Private Military and Security Companies
A/HRC/RES/54/11··2023
Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
A/HRC/RES/54/14··2023
Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
A/HRC/RES/54/9··2023
Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Rights to Early Childhood Education, Free Pre-Primary Education and Free Secondary Education
A/HRC/RES/56/5··2024
The Right to Development
A/HRC/RES/24/4··2013
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