United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/56/207
Distr.: General
26 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 103
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/56/566)]
56/207. Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the
Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), including the
proposal to establish a world solidarity fund for poverty
eradication
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, by which it established
the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, as well as its resolution 48/183
of 21 December 1993, by which it proclaimed 1996 the International Year for the
Eradication of Poverty,
Recalling also its resolution 50/107 of 20 December 1995 on the observance of
the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty and the proclamation of the
first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), as well as
the declarations and programmes of action of the major United Nations conferences
and summits, their follow-up and the need for their implementation, as they relate to
the eradication of poverty,
Recalling further the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 adopted by
heads of State and Government on the occasion of the Millennium Summit,
Recalling its resolution 55/210 of 20 December 2000, entitled
“Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(1997–2006), including the initiative to establish a world solidarity fund for poverty
eradication”,
Expressing its deep concern that the number of people living in extreme
poverty in many countries continues to increase, with women and children
constituting the majority and the most affected group, in particular in African
countries and the least developed countries,
Recognizing that, while the rate of poverty in some countries has been
reduced, some developing countries and disadvantaged groups are being
marginalized and others are at risk of being marginalized and effectively excluded
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See resolution 55/2.