A/RES/63/142 United Nations Distr.: General 5 March 2009 General Assembly Sixty-third session Agenda item 107 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2008 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/63/L.25/Rev.1 and Add.1)] 63/142. Legal empowerment of the poor and eradication of poverty The General Assembly, Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 1 0F Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development 3 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 4 1F 2F 3F Reaffirming the importance of the timely and full realization of the development goals and objectives agreed at the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the Millennium Development Goals, Recognizing that empowerment of the poor is essential for the effective eradication of poverty and hunger, Reaffirming that the rule of law at the national and international levels is essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger, Reaffirming also that each country must take primary responsibility for its own development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development, and recognizing that national efforts should be complemented by supportive global programmes, measures and policies aimed at expanding the development opportunities of developing countries, while taking into account national conditions and ensuring respect for national ownership, strategies and sovereignty, _______________ 1 See resolution 60/1. See resolution 55/2. 3 Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 4 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 2 08-47931