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Paragraph 1. The State shall promote full health assistance programmes for children, adolescents, and young people, the participation of non-governmental entities being allowed, by means of specific policies and with due regard to the following precepts:
I – allocation of a percentage of public health care funds to mother and child assistance;
… (Art. 227) - Portuguese
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§ 1º O Estado promoverá programas de assistência integral à saúde da criança, do adolescente e do jovem, admitida a participação de entidades não governamentais, mediante políticas específicas e obedecendo aos seguintes preceitos:
I - aplicação de percentual dos recursos públicos destinados à saúde na assistência materno-infantil;
... (Art. 227)
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- EnglishThe State shall protect families as a natural association in society, and as the fundamental space for the overall development of persons. Family relationships are based on equality of rights and duties, solidarity, common effort, mutual understanding and reciprocal respect among family members. The State guarantees protection to the mother, father or other person acting as head of a household. … (Art. 75)
- SpanishEl Estado protegerá a las familias como asociación natural de la sociedad y como el espacio fundamental para el desarrollo integral de las personas. Las relaciones familiares se basan en la igualdad de derechos y deberes, la solidaridad, el esfuerzo común, la comprensión mutua y el respeto recíproco entre sus integrantes. El Estado garantizará protección a la madre, al padre o a quienes ejerzan la jefatura de la familia. … (Art. 75)
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- EnglishThe family, motherhood and children shall enjoy the protection of the State and society. (Art. 14)
- BulgarianСемейството, майчинството и децата са под закрила на държавата и обществото. (Чл. 14)
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- EnglishA Consultative Council of Civil Society and of Non-Governmental Organizations is instituted[,] responsible for emitting opinions on the questions linked to the participation of citizens in the life of the Nation in view of the promotion of the rights and freedoms of the citizens and of the republican values. (Art. 238)
- FrenchIl est institué un Conseil consultatif de la société civile et des organisations non gouvernementales chargé d’émettre des avis sur les questions liées à la participation des citoyens à la vie de la Nation en vue de la promotion des droits et libertés des citoyens et des valeurs républicaines. (Art. 238)
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(3) All State organs and all public officers have the duty to address the needs of vulnerable groups within society, including women, older members of society, persons with disabilities, children, youth, members of minority or marginalised communities, and members of particular ethnic, religious or cultural communities.
… (Art. 21) - Swahili...
(3) Vyombo vyote vya Serikali na watumishi wa umma wana wajibu wa kushughulikia mahitaji ya makundi yaliyopo katika mazingira hatarishi katika jamii, ikiwa ni pamoja na wanawake, wazee, watu wenye ulemavu, watoto, vijana, wanajamii wenye uwakilishi mdogo katika jamii au watu waliotengwa na jamii, na watu wa jamii ya kabila, dini au utamaduni fulani.
… (Kifungu cha 21)
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- EnglishThe concentration of property in natural or legal non-state persons is regulated by the State, which also guarantees an increasingly just redistribution of wealth in order to conserve the limits that are compatible with the socialist values of equity and social justice.
The law establishes regulations that guarantee its effective enforcement. (Art. 30) - SpanishLa concentración de la propiedad en personas naturales o jurídicas no estatales es regulada por el Estado, el que garantiza además, una cada vez más justa redistribución de la riqueza, con el fin de preservar los límites compatibles con los valores socialistas de equidad y justicia social.
La ley establece las regulaciones que garantizan su efectivo cumplimiento. (Art. 30)
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- EnglishThe State shall adopt effective measures to bring about a radical transformation in the rural areas through the promotion of an agricultural revolution, the provision of rural electrification, the development of cottage and other industries, and the improvement of education, communications and public health, in those areas, so as progressively to remove the disparity in the standards of living between the urban and the rural areas. (Art. 16)
- Bengaliনগর ও গ্রামাঞ্চলের জীবন যাত্রার মানের বৈষম্য ক্রমাগতভাবে দূর করিবার উদ্দেশ্যে কৃষিবিপ্লবের বিকাশ, গ্রামাঞ্চলে বৈদ্যুতীকরণের ব্যবস্থা, কুটিরশিল্প ও অন্যান্য শিল্পের বিকাশ এবং শিক্ষা, যোগাযোগ-ব্যবস্থা ও জনস্বাস্থ্যের উন্নয়নের মাধ্যমে গ্রামাঞ্চলের আমূল রূপান্তরসাধনের জন্য রাষ্ট্র কার্যকর ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ করিবেন৷ ((অনুচ্ছেদ ১৬)
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The State shall strive to use the latest technical solutions and the achievements of science to make its operation efficient, raise the standard of public services, improve the transparency of public affairs and promote equality of opportunity. (Freedom and Responsibility, Article XXVI)
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Az állam - a működésének hatékonysága, a közszolgáltatások színvonalának emelése, a közügyek jobb átláthatósága és az esélyegyenlőség előmozdítása érdekében - törekszik az új műszaki megoldásoknak és a tudomány eredményeinek az alkalmazására. (Szabadság és Felelősség, XXVI. cikk)
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- EnglishThe State, the public establishments and the territorial collectivities work for the mobilization of all the means available [disponibles] to facilitate the equal access of the citizens to conditions that permit their enjoyment of the right:
• to healthcare;
• to social protection, to medical coverage and to the mutual or organized joint and several liability of the State;
• to a modern, accessible education of quality;
• to education concerning attachment to the Moroccan identity and to the immutable national constants;
• to professional instruction and to physical and artistic education;
• to decent housing;
• to work and to the support of the public powers in matters of searching for employment or of self-employment;
• to access to the public functions according to the merits;
• to the access to water and to a healthy environment;
• to lasting [durable] development. (Art. 31) - Arabicتعمل الدّولة والمؤسّسات العمومية والجماعات الترابية، على تعبئة كل الوسائل المتاحة، لتيسير أسباب استفادة المواطنات والمواطنين، على قدم المساواة، من الحقّ في:
• العناية الصّحية،
• الحماية الاجتماعية والتغطية الصّحية، والتّضامن التعّاضدي أو المنظّم من لدن الدولة،
• الحصول على تعليم عصري، ميسر الولوج وذي جودة،
• تنشئة على التشبث بالهويّة المغربية، والثوابت الوطنية الراسخة،
• التكوين المهني والاستفادة من التّربية البدنية والفنية،
• السّكن اللائق،
• الشّغل والدّعم من طرف السلطات العمومية في البحث عن منصب شغل، أو في التشغيل الذاتي.
• ولوج الوظائف العمومية حسب الاستحقاق،
• الحصول على الماء والعيش في بيئة سليمة
• التنمية المستدامة. (الفصل 31)
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- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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2. The right to a decent life that ensures health, food and nutrition, clean water, housing, environmental sanitation, education, work, employment, rest and leisure, sports, clothing, social security and other necessary social services.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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2. El derecho a una vida digna, que asegure la salud, alimentación y nutrición, agua potable, vivienda, saneamiento ambiental, educación, trabajo, empleo, descanso y ocio, cultura física, vestido, seguridad social y otros servicios sociales necesarios.
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