Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade
for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027)
A/RES/73/246
all women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress in realizing the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and are critical factors in the eradication of
poverty,
Recognizing that, after the latest global financial crisis, the global e conomy is
still facing difficult macroeconomic conditions, low commodity prices, subdued trade
growth and volatile capital flows, that, notwithstanding the impact of the financial
crisis, financial flows and developing countries’ share in world trade have continued
to increase, that these advances have contributed towards a substantial reduction in
the number of people living in extreme poverty, and that, despite these gains, many
countries still face considerable challenges,
Underlining that the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(2018–2027), on the theme “Accelerating global actions for a world without poverty”,
will be important for maintaining the momentum generated by the implementation of
the Second Decade towards poverty eradication and ensuring that markets work better
for people living in poverty,
Reaffirming that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time,
that its adverse impacts undermine the ability of all countries to achieve sustainable
development, that increases in global temperature, sea level rise, ocean acidification
and other climate change impacts are seriously affecting coastal areas and low -lying
coastal countries, including many least developed countries and small island
developing States, and that the survival of many societies and of the biological
support systems of the planet is at risk, which further threatens food security and
efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development, and thus requires
urgent action to maintain, preserve and sustain the development gains achieved in the
past decades,
Urging all countries that have not yet done so to ratify and accede to the United
Nations Convention against Corruption, 13 encouraging parties to review its
implementation, committing to making the Convention an effective instrument to
deter, detect, prevent and counter corruption and bribery, prosecute those involved in
corrupt activities and recover and return stolen assets to their country of origin, as
appropriate, encouraging the international community to develop good practices on
asset return, expressing support to the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the United
Nations and the World Bank and other international initiatives that support the
recovery of stolen assets, urging that regional conventions against corruption be
updated and ratified, and striving to eliminate safe havens that create incentives for
the transfer abroad of stolen assets and illicit financial flows,
Committed to working to strengthen regulatory frameworks at all levels to
further increase the transparency and accountability of financial institutions and the
corporate sector, as well as public administrations, and to strengthening international
cooperation and national institutions to combat money-laundering and the financing
of terrorism,
Reaffirming that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development, partic ularly in Africa, in least
developed countries, in small island developing States, and in some middle -income
countries, and underlining the importance of accelerating sustainable, inclusive and
equitable economic growth and sustainable development, includi ng full, productive
employment and decent work for all, with a view to reducing inequalities within and
among countries,
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