Human rights and extreme poverty A/RES/79/178 Recalling the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 11 as well as the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 12 and recognizing the need for a broader and a more peoplecentred preventive approach to disaster risk reduction, while reaffirming our commitment to addressing disaster risk reduction and the building of resilience to disasters with a renewed sense of urgency within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 13 which states the right to development, as established in the Declaration on the Right to Development, 14 as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of fundamental human rights, Recalling that the Political Declaration adopted at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2023 15 convened under the auspices of the General Assembly, as well as the Pact for the Future, 16 adopted by the General Assembly during the Summit for the Future, inter alia, emphasized that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty remains the greatest global challenge, an indispensable requirement for sustainabl e development, and an imperative for all humankind, Recalling also the resolution of the Commission for Social Development, adopted at its sixty-second session, entitled “Fostering social development and social justice through social policies to accelerate progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to achieve the overarching goal of poverty eradication” 17 and the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, adopted at its sixty-eighth session, entitled “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”, 18 Acknowledging the significant progress made in several parts of the world in combating extreme poverty, however, deeply concerned that progress towards ending extreme poverty has been reversed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in all countries of the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and that extreme poverty is particularly severe in developing countries and that it extends to and manifests itself in, among other things, social exclusion, hunger, discrimination, vulnerability to trafficking in persons, and disease, lack of adequate shelter, lack of access to basic services, including access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the prevalence of illiteracy and hopelessness, Remaining deeply concerned that progress has been uneven, inequality has increased, that the total number of persons living in extreme poverty remains unacceptably high, with projections suggesting that 590 million people may remain in extreme poverty by 2030, and that the non-income dimensions of poverty and deprivation, such as access to inclusive and equitable quality education or basic health services, and relative poverty remain major concerns, Recognizing the need to tackle health inequities and inequalities within and among countries through political commitment, policies and international cooperation, __________________ Resolution 69/283, annex II. Resolution 77/289, annex. 13 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 14 Resolution 41/128, annex. 15 Resolution 78/1, annex. 16 Resolution 79/1. 17 Economic and Social Council resolution 2024/6. 18 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2024, Supplement No. 7 ( E/2024/27), chap. I, sect. A. 11 12 24-24219 3/8