Reiterates that the eradication of poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and recognizes that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs and protecting and promoting the rights of girls, and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2007
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Forced marriage of the girl child (2007), OP 5.