United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/211
Distr.: General
21 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 109 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/556/Add.2 and Corr.1–3)]
57/211. 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 and other human rights instruments adopted by the
United Nations,
Considering the relevant provisions of the Vienna Declaration and Programme
of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 3
and of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of
Action of the World Summit for Social Development, adopted by the World Summit
on 12 March 1995, 4 and the outcome document of the twenty-fourth special session
of the General Assembly entitled “World Summit for Social Development and
beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, adopted at
Geneva on 1 July 2000, 5 and the recognition of the contributions of the outcomes of
recent United Nations conferences, special sessions and summits, such as the
International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey,
Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002, 6 and the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September
2002, 7
Welcoming the decision of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to
establish a world solidarity fund to eradicate poverty and promote social and human
development, as defined in paragraph 7 (b) of its Plan of Implementation, 8
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
4
Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
5
Resolution S-24/2, annex.
6
Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March
2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
7
See Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–
4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and Corr.1), chap. I.
8
Ibid., chap. I, resolution 2, para. 7 (b).
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