Reiterating that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and recognizing that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children, and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2007
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2007), A/RES/62/141, PP 10.