A/HRC/RES/35/19
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 June 2017
35/19.
Extreme poverty and human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
the International Covenants on Human Rights, the ideal of a world in which all human
beings can enjoy freedom from fear and want can be achieved only if conditions are created
whereby everyone may enjoy his or her economic, social and cultural rights, as well as his
or her civil and political rights, and reaffirming in this regard the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on the issue of human rights and extreme
poverty adopted by the General Assembly, including resolutions 69/183 of 18 December
2014 and 71/186 of 19 December 2016, and by the Commission on Human Rights, as well
as Human Rights Council resolutions, including Council resolutions 2/2 of 27 November
2006, 7/27 of 28 March 2008, 8/11 of 18 June 2008, 12/19 of 2 October 2009, 15/19 of 30
September 2010, 17/13 of 17 June 2011, 21/11 of 27 September 2012 and 26/3 of 26 June
2014, and noting the Declaration on the Right to Development,
Recalling further that, in its resolution 62/205 of 19 December 2007, the General
Assembly proclaimed the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(2008-2017) in order to support, in an efficient and coordinated manner, the internationally
agreed development goals relating to poverty eradication, including the Millennium
Development Goals,
Recalling that, in its resolution 67/164 of 20 December 2012, the General Assembly
took note with appreciation of the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights,
adopted by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 21/11, as a useful tool for States in
the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction and eradication policies, as
appropriate,
Reaffirming in this regard the commitments made at relevant United Nations
conferences and summits, including those made at the World Summit for Social
Development, held in Copenhagen in 1995, at the Millennium Summit, at which Heads of
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