A/RES/55/210
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 99
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/586 and Corr.1)]
55/210.
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
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 of the 1990s as they relate to the eradication of poverty,
Expressing its deep concern that the number of people living in extreme
poverty 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 from the benefits of
globalization, resulting in increased income disparity among and within countries,
thereby constraining efforts to eradicate poverty,
Also recognizing that for the poverty eradication strategy to be effective it is
imperative for developing countries to be integrated into the world economy and
equitably share the benefits of globalization,
Bearing in mind the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development 1 and the
Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 2 and the
1
Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
2
Ibid., annex II.
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