A/RES/69/183
Human rights and extreme poverty
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 2/2 of 27 November
2006,7 7/27 of 28 March 2008,8 8/11 of 18 June 2008,9 12/19 of 2 October 2009, 10
15/19 of 30 September 2010,11 17/13 of 17 June 201112 and 26/3 of 26 June 2014,13
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 21/11 of 27 September 2012,14 by
which the Council adopted the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human
rights15 as a useful tool for States in the formulation and implementation of poverty
reduction and eradication policies, as appropriate,
Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals, welcoming the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, and recalling its outcome
document, contained in resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010,
Taking note of the fact that the proposal contained in the report16 of the Open
Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals shall be the main basis for
integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development agenda,
while recognizing that other inputs will also be considered, in the intergovernmental
negotiation process at the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, and noting
that the report includes a goal on eradicating poverty in all its forms everywhere,
Concerned that, during the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication
of Poverty (2008-2017), while there has been progress in reducing poverty,
especially in some middle-income countries, such progress has been uneven and the
number of people living in poverty in some countries continues to increase, with
women and children constituting the majority of those most affected, especially in
the least developed countries and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa,
Deeply concerned that extreme poverty persists in all countries of the world,
regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and that its extent and its
manifestations, such as social exclusion, hunger, trafficking in human beings,
disease, lack of adequate shelter, illiteracy and hopelessness, are particularly severe
in developing countries, while acknowledging the significant progress made in
several parts of the world in combating extreme poverty,
Deeply concerned also that gender inequality, violence and discrimination
exacerbate extreme poverty, disproportionally impacting women and girls,
Stressing that special attention should be given to those who are living in
extreme poverty and in vulnerable situations, in particular women, children, youth,
older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples,
Concerned by the challenges faced today, including those derived from the
ongoing impact of the financial and economic crisis, the food crisis and ongoing
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7
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53),
chap. I, sect. A.
8
Ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II, sect. A.
9
Ibid., chap. III, sect. A.
10
Ibid., Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 and corrigendum (A/65/53 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A.
11
Ibid., Supplement No. 53A (A/65/53/Add.1), chap. II.
12
Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. III, sect. A.
13
Ibid., Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53), chap. V, sect. A.
14
Ibid., Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/67/53/Add.1), chap. II.
15
A/HRC/21/39.
16
See A/68/970 and Corr.1.
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