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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2020), para. 038
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- 4. Recognizes that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, and encourages Member States to develop comprehensive, integrated and coherent poverty eradication strategies that effectively address the structural causes of poverty and inequality with an emphasis on job-rich growth; address and meet the basic human needs of people living in poverty; ensure their access to quality education, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, housing and other public social services, access to employment and decent work for all, as well as access to productive resources, including credit, land, training, technology and knowledge; and ensure their participation in decision-making on social and economic development policies and programmes in this regard;
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- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (2003), para. 13
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- 1. Stresses that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and that, although each country has the primary responsibility for its own sustainable development and poverty eradication and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized, concerted and concrete measures are required at all levels to enable developing countries to achieve their sustainable development goals as related to the internationally agreed poverty-related targets and goals;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2013), para. 52
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- 31. Recognizes that the social integration of people living in poverty should encompass addressing and meeting their basic human needs, including nutrition, health, water, sanitation, housing and access to education and employment, through integrated development strategies;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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- Mar 5, 2020
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International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, 2017 (2016), para. 19
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- 4. Encourages all States, the United Nations system and all other actors to take advantage of the International Year to promote actions at all levels, including through international cooperation, and to support sustainable tourism as a means of promoting and accelerating sustainable development, especially poverty eradication;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2009), para. 07
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- Recognizing that full and productive employment and decent work for all is one of the key elements of poverty reduction strategies that facilitate the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and that it requires a multidimensional focus that incorporates Governments, the private sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations, representatives of employers and workers, international organizations and, in particular, the agencies of the United Nations system and the international financial institutions,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997), para. 23
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- 12. Encourages developing countries, particularly African countries and the least developed countries, to mobilize domestic and external resources for poverty eradication activities and programmes and to facilitate their full and effective implementation;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (2001), para. 16
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- 4. Urges the implementation of the enhanced programme of debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries without delay and the cancellation of all the official bilateral debt of those countries in the context of poverty eradication, in return for a demonstrable commitment by them to poverty reduction as part of their overall development strategy, and requests the support of the international community for debt relief for African countries in a comprehensive and effective manner;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Draft United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000), para. 96
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- 29. We will spare no effort to make the United Nations a more effective instrument for pursuing all of these priorities: the fight for development for all the peoples of the world, the fight against poverty, ignorance and disease; the fight against injustice; the fight against violence, terror and crime; and the fight against the degradation and destruction of our common home.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2011), para. 13
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- Stressing the necessity of better understanding and addressing the causes and consequences of extreme poverty,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2020), para. 006
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- Underscoring the need, in order to ensure a smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation and development, to better align, wherever appropriate, humanitarian and development assistance with national development priorities and strategies, and encouraging Member States, as well as the United Nations system and regional organizations in supporting the efforts of Member States, to tackle the root causes of humanitarian crises, including poverty and underdevelopment, build the resilience of affected States, including host communities, and reduce humanitarian needs,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy (2010), para. 17
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- Noting with concern that for millions of people throughout the world, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, still remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this goal is becoming increasingly remote,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Natural plant fibres and sustainable development (2020), para. 06
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- Noting also that the diverse range of natural plant fibres produced in many countries provides an important source of income for farmers, and thus can play an important role in contributing to food security and in eradicating poverty and hence in contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Developme nt Goals,
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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External debt crisis and development (2007), para. 33
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- 20. Welcomes the efforts of, and calls upon, the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post- conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Prevention of armed conflict (2003), para. 40
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- 2. Calls in this regard upon Member States and the international community at large to support poverty eradication measures and the development strategies of developing countries;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2003), para. 12
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- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2018), para. 46
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- 24. Recognizes that steps should be taken to anticipate and offset the negative social and economic consequences of globalization, giving priority to agricultural and non-farm sectors, and to maximize its benefits for poor people living and working in rural areas, while paying special attention to the development of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly in rural areas, as well as subsistence economies, to secure their safe interaction with larger economies;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2002), para. 27
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- 15. Supports the recommendation that the High Commissioner organize a fourth expert consultation on the right to food, with a focus on the realization of this right as part of strategies and policies for the eradication of poverty, inviting experts from all regions;
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2014), para. 23
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- Acknowledging that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for but rather a complement to North-South cooperation, and recognizing the contributions of South-South and triangular cooperation to the efforts of developing countries to eradicate poverty and pursue sustainable development,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2001), para. 18
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- 6. Also reaffirms the commitments on development and poverty eradication contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration; 17
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2015), para. 44
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- 18. Recognizes that sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth is essential for eradicating poverty and hunger, in particular in developing countries, and stresses that national efforts in this regard should be complemented by an enabling international environment and by ensuring greater coherence among macroeconomic, trade and social policies at all levels;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Universal Declaration on the Achievement of a Nuclear- Weapon-Free World (2015), para. 20
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- 7. We reiterate our concern at the human and economic resources that continue to be dedicated to the development, maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons, and stress the need to invest those resources in strengthening peace and security and sustainable development and lifting the lives of millions of people out of poverty.
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2020), para. 021
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- Expressing its deep concern also that rural and urban poor communities in the developing world are the hardest hit by the effects of increased disaster risk,
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- Humanitarian
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2015), para. 45
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- 19. Reaffirms the importance of the eradication of poverty as an overarching objective of ongoing follow-up processes to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the Declaration on InternationalDevelopment Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade (2003), para. 05
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- Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 in particular the targets and commitments relating to development and poverty eradication,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to development (2009), para. 19
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- Stressing that poverty eradication is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted and integrated approach in addressing economic, political, social, environmental and institutional dimensions at all levels, especially in the context of the millennium development goal of halving, 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,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Enhancing international cooperation towards a durable solution to the external debt problems of developing countries (2003), para. 28
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- 10. Emphasizes the need to help bring about initial recovery in heavily indebted poor post-conflict countries, in coordination with the international financial institutions, to help clear, as appropriate, the arrears of those countries vis- à-vis international financial institutions;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (2004), para. 15
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- 3. Reiterates that success in meeting the objectives of development and poverty eradication depends, inter alia, on good governance, both within individual countries and at the international level, sound economic policies, solid democratic institutions that are responsive to the needs of the people and improved infrastructure, which are the basis for sustained growth, poverty eradication and employment creation, and that transparency in financial, monetary and trading systems and commitment to an open, equitable, rule-based, predictable and non- discriminatory multilateral trading and financial system, which are equally essential;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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South-South cooperation (2017), para. 27
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- 15. Invites the United Nations development system to encourage the transfer of technologies on mutually agreed terms for the benefit of developing countries to address poverty eradication and sustainable development;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (2015), para. 37
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- 9. Requests the secretariats of the two organizations to strengthen cooperation in addressing the social and economic issues that affect the efforts of Member States to eradicate poverty, achieve sustainable development and realize the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), including the initiative to establish a world solidarity fund for poverty eradication (2001), para. 17
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- 6. Recognizes the importance of the adoption of appropriate policy responses to the challenges of globalization at the national level, in particular by pursuing sound and stable domestic policies, including sound macroeconomic and social policies, in order to realize the objective of the eradication of poverty;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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