A/RES/55/210
Political Declaration 3 adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth special
session, entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving
social development for all in a globalizing world”, held at Geneva from 26 to
30 June 2000, as well as the objectives of the World Food Summit, held at Rome
from 13 to 17 November 1996,
Bearing in mind also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by
heads of State and Government on the occasion of the Millennium Summit, 4
particularly section III, “Development and poverty eradication”, and its emphasis on
solidarity as a fundamental value in international relations in the twenty-first
century,
Recalling the commitment made by the heads of State and Government at the
Millennium Summit to eradicate extreme poverty, in particular the commitment to
halve, by 2015, the proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one
dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger,
Recognizing that, while it is the primary responsibility of States to attain social
development, the international community should support the efforts of the
developing countries to eradicate poverty and to ensure basic social protection,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 5
1.
Stresses that the United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
should contribute to achieving the targets of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the
world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of
people who suffer from hunger, through decisive national action and strengthened
international cooperation;
2.
Calls for strengthened efforts at all levels to implement fully and
effectively the relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations and all
agreements and commitments adopted at the major United Nations conferences and
summits organized since 1990, as well as the United Nations Millennium
Declaration,4 as they relate to the eradication of poverty, with a view to achieving
tangible results;
3.
Stresses the importance of tackling the root causes of poverty and the
necessity of meeting the basic needs of all, and, in this context, emphasizes the
fundamental role in the eradication of poverty of strong and sustained economic
growth that favours the poor, creates substantive expansion in productive
opportunities and employment, increases incomes, promotes equitable income
distribution and minimizes environmental degradation;
4.
Reaffirms that the causes of poverty should be addressed in an integrated
way, taking into account the importance of sectoral strategies in such areas as
education, development of human resources, health, human settlements, rural
development, productive employment, population, environment, freshwater, food
security and migration, and the specific needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable
groups, in such a way as to increase opportunities and choices for people living in
poverty and to enable them to build and to strengthen their assets so as to achieve
social and economic development;
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Resolution S-24/2, annex, sect. I.
See resolution 55/2.
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A/55/407.
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