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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 persists 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,
Reaffirming that the existence of widespread extreme poverty inhibits the full and
effective enjoyment of human rights and that its immediate alleviation and eventual
elimination must remain a high priority for the international community,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the Human Rights
Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and their annexes thereto,
1.
Welcomes the work of the independent expert on the question of extreme
poverty and human rights, including the comprehensive, transparent and inclusive
consultations conducted with relevant and interested actors from all regions for her
thematic reports as well as the undertaking of country missions;
2.
Decides to extend the mandate of the current mandate holder as a special
rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights for a period of three years in conformity
with the terms set forth in Human Rights Council resolution 8/11;
3.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to give high priority to extreme poverty and human rights and invites it to pursue
further work in this area, integrating and cooperating fully with the Special Rapporteur in
the various activities, notably the Social Forum and the consultation on the draft guiding
principles on extreme poverty and human rights, and to provide the Special Rapporteur
with all necessary human and financial resources for the effective fulfilment of his or her
mandate;
4.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an annual report on the
implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly and to the Human Rights
Council, in accordance with their programme of work;
5.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special
Rapporteur in his or her task, to supply all necessary information requested by him or her
and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special
Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable him or her to fulfil his or her mandate
effectively;
6.
Invites the Special Rapporteur and relevant stakeholders, including
representatives of States, development and human rights practitioners and organizations at
the local, national, regional and international levels, as well as people living in conditions
of extreme poverty, to participate in the two-day consultation on the progress report on the
draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights1 that the Office of the High
Commissioner will organize, within existing resources, in Geneva on 22 and 23 June 2011;
7.
Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty
bodies and civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the
private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of his or her
mandate;
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