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2.
Also takes note of the conclusions and recommendations of the 2010 Social
Forum and the innovative nature of many of them, and calls upon States, international
organizations, in particular those with a mandate for poverty eradication, non-governmental
organizations, civil society organizations, trade unions and other relevant actors to take
them into account when designing and implementing poverty eradication programmes and
strategies;
3.
Reaffirms the Social Forum as a unique space for interactive dialogue
between the United Nations human rights machinery and various stakeholders, including
the contribution of civil society and grass-roots organizations, and stresses the need to
ensure greater participation of grass-roots organizations and of those living in poverty,
particularly women, especially from developing countries, in the sessions of the Forum,
and, to this end, considers, inter alia, the possibility of the establishment of a voluntary
United Nations fund to contribute to providing resources to these organizations so that they
may participate in and contribute to the deliberations of future sessions;
4.
Underlines the importance of coordinated efforts at the national, regional and
international levels for the promotion of social cohesion based on the principles of social
justice, equity and solidarity and of addressing the social dimension and challenges of the
ongoing globalization process and the negative impact of the current economic and
financial crises;
5.
Stresses the need for increased and sustained participation and contribution of
civil society and all other relevant actors listed in the present resolution to the promotion
and effective realization of the right to development, bearing in mind that 2011 marks the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development;
6.
Decides that the Social Forum will meet for three working days in 2011, in
Geneva, on dates suitable for the participation of representatives of States Members of the
United Nations and of the broadest possible range of other stakeholders, especially from
developing countries, and decides that, at its next meeting, the Social Forum should focus
on:
(a)
The promotion and effective realization of the right to development, in the
context of the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the
Right to Development;
(b)
Measures and actions needed to make the right to development a reality for
everyone at the local, national, regional and international levels, including the role and
contribution of civil society and non-governmental organizations;
(c)
International assistance and cooperation, as well as the promotion of an
enabling environment for the realization of the right to development;
7.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, as early as
possible, from candidates nominated by regional groups, the Chairperson-Rapporteur for
the 2011 Social Forum, bearing in mind the principle of regional rotation;
8.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
consult all actors identified in the present resolution on the issues referred to in paragraph 6
above, and to submit a report as a background contribution for the dialogues and debates
held at the 2011 Social Forum;
9.
Also requests the High Commissioner to facilitate participation in the 2011
Social Forum, in order to contribute to interactive dialogues and debate at the Forum and
assist the Chairperson-Rapporteur as resource persons, of up to ten experts, including
relevant Council thematic procedures mandate holders, in particular the independent expert
on the question of human rights and extreme poverty and the independent expert on human
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