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Tunis phase, 12 and recalls the Geneva Declaration of Principles and the Geneva Plan
of Action adopted by the Summit at its Geneva phase; 13
Policies for the eradication of poverty
25. Reaffirms that the eradication of poverty should be addressed in a
multisectoral and integrated way, as set out in the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation, taking into account the importance of the need for the
empowerment of women and sectoral strategies in such areas as education, the
development of human resources, health, human settlements, rural, local and
community development, productive employment, population, environment and
natural resources, water and sanitation, agriculture, food security, energy 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 development,
security and stability, and, in that regard, encourages countries to develop their
national poverty reduction policies in accordance with their national priorities,
including, where appropriate, through poverty reduction strategy papers;
26. Underlines, in this context, the importance of further integration of the
internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development
Goals, in the national development strategies and plans, including the poverty
reduction strategy papers where they exist, and calls upon the international
community to continue to support developing countries in the implementation of
those development strategies and plans;
27. Strongly supports fair globalization, and resolves to make the goals of
full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and
young people, a central objective of the relevant national and international policies,
as well as national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, as
part of efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, resolves that these
measures should also encompass the elimination of the worst forms of child labour,
as defined in International Labour Organization Convention No. 182, and forced
labour; and also resolves to ensure full respect for the fundamental principles and
rights at work;
28. Recognizes the importance of disseminating best practices for the
reduction of poverty in its various dimensions, taking into account the need to adapt
those best practices to suit the social, economic, cultural and historical conditions of
each country;
29. Reaffirms that all Governments and the United Nations system should
promote an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective in all
policies and programmes aimed at the eradication of poverty, at both the national
and international levels, and encourages the use of gender analysis as a tool for the
integration of a gender dimension into planning the implementation of policies,
strategies and programmes for the eradication of poverty;
30. Also reaffirms that all Governments and the United Nations system
should emphasize the importance and encourage the mainstreaming of poverty
eradication in all policies, at both the national and international levels;
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See A/C.2/59/3, chap. I.
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