Expressing its concern that, more than fifty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the unacceptable situation of absolute poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, illiteracy and hopelessness remains the lot of over one billion people,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Food & Nutrition
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Poverty
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2000
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The right to development (2000), A/RES/55/108, PP 5.