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♦  ITEM 27:  Social development:

(a)  Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly

(b)  Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family

(c)  Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons:  Second World Assembly on Ageing

(d)  United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all

♦  ITEM 28:  Advancement of women:

(a)  Advancement of women

(b)  Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

  • A/68/175    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

♦  ITEM 62:  Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions

♦  ITEM 64:  Report of the Human Rights Council

♦  ITEM 65:  Promotion and protection of the rights of children:

(a)  Promotion and protection of the rights of children

  • A/68/257    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

  • A/68/263    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the girl child 

  • A/68/253    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the collaboration within the United Nations system on child protection 

  • A/68/267    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict  

  • A/68/274    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

  • A/68/275    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

  • A/68/487    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Letter dated 25 September 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

(b)  Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children

♦  ITEM 66: Rights of indegenous people

(a)  Rights of indigenous peoples

  • A/68/317    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

(b)  Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People

♦  ITEM 67:  Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance:

(a)  Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

  • A/68/18 (Supp)    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its eighty-first and eighty-second sessions 

  • A/68/329    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

(b)  Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

  • A/68/564    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on 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

  • A/67/879    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on how to make the International Decade for People of African Descent effective

  • A/68/333    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

♦  ITEM 68:  Right of peoples to self-determination

♦  ITEM 69:  Promotion and protection of human rights:

(a)  Implementation of human rights instruments

  • A/68/40/(Vol.I)    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    A/68/40/(Vol.II Part One)    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    A/68/40/(Vol.II Part Two)    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Human Rights Committee 

  • A/68/44    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Committee against Torture

  • A/68/48    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

  • A/68/280    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

  • A/68/282     [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

  • A/68/334    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies on their twenty-fifth meeting

  • A/68/295    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the interim report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

  • A/68/281    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General on the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

(b)  Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

  • A/68/292    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the promotion and protection of human rights, including ways and means to promote the human rights of migrants

  • A/68/207    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the International Year of Human Rights Learning

  • A/68/185    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the right to development

  • A/68/211    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on human rights and unilateral coercive measures

  • A/68/210    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    A/68/210/Add.1    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

  • A/68/208    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights

  • A/68/177    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights

  • A/68/261    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on human rights in the administration of justice: analysis of the international legal and institutional framework for the protection of all persons deprived of their liberty

  • A/68/546   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief

  • A/68/224   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of all human rights and fundamental freedoms

  • A/68/323    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies

  • A/68/301    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on 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/68/209    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening United Nations action in the field of human rights through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity

  • A/68/390   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa

  • A/68/277   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on human rights and cultural diversity

  • A/68/287    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab region

  • A/68/304    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

  • A/68/56    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances

  • A/68/268   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on minority issues

  • A/68/279    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

  • A/68/298   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

  • A/68/290    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

  • A/68/262   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

  • A/68/225    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons

  • A/68/288    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

  • A/68/283    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

  • A/68/542    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the independent expert on 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

  • A/68/289    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context

  • A/68/294    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education

  • A/68/284    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

  • A/68/345    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

  • A/68/382/Corr.1    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    A/68/382        [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

  • A/68/285    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers

  • A/68/297    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

  • A/68/362    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

  • A/68/293    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

  • A/68/256    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

  • A/68/299    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

  • A/68/296    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

  • A/68/931    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on the situation of internally displaced persons in the Syrian Arab Republic

  • A/68/389    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

  • A/68/176    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity

  • A/68/496    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note verbale dated 1 October 2013 from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

(c)  Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives

  • A/68/392    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

  • A/68/331    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

  • A/68/377    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

  • A/68/319   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

  • A/68/376   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

  • A/68/397   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

  • A/68/503   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

  • A/68/276   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus

  • A/C.3/68/3    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Leter dated 8 October 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

  • A/C.3/68/4   [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Leter dated 24 October 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

(d)  Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

  • A/68/36    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

  • A/C.3/68/2    [F]    [S]    [A]    [C]    [R]
    Note verbale dated 9 October 2013 from the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations addressed to the Executive Officer of the Secretary-General

♦  ITEM 108:  Crime prevention and criminal justice

♦  ITEM 109:  International drug control

♦  ITEM 135: Programme planning

 

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