A/RES/63/175
United Nations
Distr.: General
20 March 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 64 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.2)]
63/175. Human rights and extreme poverty
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,2 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, 3 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4 the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 5
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 6 and other human rights
instruments adopted by the United Nations,
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Recalling its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, by which it declared
17 October the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and its
resolution 62/205 of 19 December 2007, by which it proclaimed the Second United
Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017), as well as its resolution
61/157 of 19 December 2006 and its previous resolutions on human rights and
extreme poverty, in which it reaffirmed that extreme poverty and exclusion from
society constitute a violation of human dignity and that urgent national and
international action is therefore required to eliminate them,
Recalling also its resolution 52/134 of 12 December 1997, in which it
recognized that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human
rights was essential for the effective understanding, promotion and protection of all
human rights,
Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals,
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
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
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Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531.
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Ibid., vol. 660, No. 9464.
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Resolution 61/106, annex I.
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