A/HRC/RES/21/11
Expressing its appreciation to the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and
human rights for finalizing the draft guiding principles by integrating the views and
contributions of Member States and other relevant stakeholders,
Reaffirming the commitments made at relevant United Nations conferences and
summits, including those made at the Millennium Summit, at which Heads of State and
Government committed themselves to eradicate extreme poverty and to halve, by 2015, the
proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and of those
who suffer from hunger, and at the 2005 World Summit, and welcoming the conclusions of
the summit on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York from 20 to 22
September 2010,
Deeply concerned that extreme poverty and social exclusion persist in all countries
of the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and that its extent
and manifestations are particularly severe in developing countries,
Acknowledging the need to continue national and international efforts, including
through international cooperation to eradicate extreme poverty, in particular in the
framework of the post-2015 development agenda, and taking note in this regard of the
contribution of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and
of its outcome document “The future we want”,1
Stressing that respect for all human rights, including the right to development, is
important for all policies and programmes that specifically address the situation of people
living in extreme poverty,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on
extreme poverty and human rights on the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human
rights,2 and welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur;
2.
Adopts the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights as a
useful tool for States in the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction and
eradication policies, as appropriate;
3.
Encourages Governments, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized
agencies, funds and programmes, other intergovernmental organizations and national
human rights institutions, as well as non-governmental organizations and non-State actors,
including the private sector, to consider the guiding principles in the formulation and
implementation of their policies and measures concerning persons affected by extreme
poverty;
4.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to disseminate the guiding principles, as appropriate;
5.
Decides to transmit the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human
rights to the General Assembly for its consideration.
36th meeting
27 September 2012
[Adopted without a vote.]
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General Assembly resolution 66/288.
A/HRC/21/39.