A/RES/65/185
Recalling further its resolution 60/209 of 22 December 2005 on the
implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(1997–2006),
Recalling its resolution 63/303 of 9 July 2009 on the Outcome of the Conference
on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development,
Reaffirming Economic and Social Council resolution 2008/18 of 24 July 2008
on promoting full employment and decent work for all and Council resolution
2010/12 of 22 July 2010 on promoting social integration, and welcoming the
decision of the Commission for Social Development to have “Poverty eradication”
as the priority theme for the 2011–2012 review and policy cycle,
Noting with appreciation the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level
segment of the substantive session of 2006 of the Economic and Social Council,
entitled “Creating an environment at the national and international levels conducive
to generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its
impact on sustainable development”, 6
5F
Noting that the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization,
with its four strategic objectives, has an important role to play, as reaffirmed in the
International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair
Globalization 7 and in the Global Jobs Pact, in achieving the objective of full and
productive employment and decent work for all, including its objective of social
protection,
6F
Emphasizing the need to enhance the role of the Commission for Social
Development in the follow-up to and review of the World Summit for Social
Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General
Assembly,
Recognizing that a people-centred approach must be at the centre of economic
and social development,
Expressing deep concern that attainment of the social development objectives
may be hindered by the global financial and economic crisis, as well as challenges
brought about by the food and energy crises,
Recognizing the complex character of the current global food crisis and
ongoing food insecurity as a combination of several major factors, both structural
and conjunctural, which is also negatively affected by, inter alia, environmental
degradation, drought and desertification, global climate change, natural disasters
and the lack of the necessary technology, and recognizing also that a strong
commitment from national Governments and the international community as a
whole is required to confront the major threats to food security and to ensure that
policies in the area of agriculture do not distort trade and worsen the food crisis,
Affirming its strong support for fair globalization and the need to translate
growth into eradication of poverty and commitment to strategies and policies that
aim to promote full, freely chosen and productive employment and decent work for
all and that these should constitute a fundamental component of relevant national
and international policies as well as national development strategies, including
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/61/3/Rev.1),
chap. III, para. 50.
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A/63/538-E/2009/4, annex.
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