A/RES/57/211
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration 9 and the development
goals contained therein, including the commitment to halve by 2015 the proportion
of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion
of people who suffer from hunger,
Recalling also its resolutions 47/196 of 22 December 1992, by which it
declared 17 October the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 48/183 of
21 December 1993, by which it proclaimed 1996 the International Year for the
Eradication of Poverty, 50/107 of 20 December 1995, by which it proclaimed the
first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), and 56/207
of 21 December 2001 on the implementation of the first United Nations Decade for
the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), including the proposal to establish a world
solidarity fund for poverty eradication,
Recalling further its resolution 55/106 of 4 December 2000 and its previous
resolutions on human rights and extreme poverty,
Recalling 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 understanding, promotion and protection of all human rights,
Recalling also resolution 56/207, in which it expressed its deep concern that
the number of people living in extreme poverty in many countries continued to
increase, with women and children constituting the majority and the most affected
group, in particular in African countries and the least developed countries,
Bearing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2000/12 of
17 April 2000, 10 2001/31 of 23 April 2001 11 and 2002/30 of 22 April 2002, 12 as well
as resolution 1996/23 of 29 August 1996 13 of the Subcommission on the Prevention
of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 14 and resolutions 2001/8 of
15 August 2001 15 and 2002/13 of 14 August 2002 16 of the Subcommission on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,
Recalling its resolution 47/134 of 18 December 1992, in which it reaffirmed
that extreme poverty and exclusion from society constituted a violation of human
dignity and stressed the need for a complete and in-depth study of extreme poverty,
based on the active and informed participation of the people living in poverty,
Recognizing that the eradication of extreme poverty is a major challenge
within the process of globalization and requires coordinated and continued policies
through decisive national action and international cooperation,
Reaffirming that, since the existence of widespread extreme poverty inhibits
the full and effective enjoyment of human rights and might, in some situations,
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9
See resolution 55/2.
10
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum
(E/2000/23 and Corr. 1), chap. II, sect. A.
11
Ibid., 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II, sect. A.
12
Ibid., 2002, Supplement No. 3 (E/2002/23), chap. II, sect. A.
13
See E/CN.4/1997/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/41, chap. II, sect. A.
14
Subsequently renamed the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (see
Economic and Social Council decision 1999/256).
15
16
2
See E/CN.4/2002/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2001/40, chap. II, sect. A.
See E/CN.4/2003/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2002/46, chap. II, sect. A.