A/RES/53/146 Page 2 Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), 51/97 of 12 December 1996 on human rights and extreme poverty and 52/193 of 18 December 1997, in which it emphasized the follow-up of the Decade, Recalling also its resolution 52/134 of 12 December 1997, in which it recognized that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights was essential for the understanding, promotion and protection of all human rights, Bearing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1992/11 of 21 February 1992,5 1993/13 of 7 8 26 February 1993,6 1994/12 of 25 February 1994, 1995/16 of 24 February 1995, 1996/10 of 11 April 9 10 11 1996, 1997/11 of 3 April 1997 and 1998/25 of 17 April 1998, as well as resolution 1996/23 of 29 August 1996 of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights,12 Recalling its resolution 47/134 of 18 December 1992, in which it reaffirmed that extreme poverty and exclusion from society constituted a violation of human dignity and stressed the need for a complete and indepth study of extreme poverty, based on the experience and the thoughts of the poorest people, Recognizing that the eradication of extreme poverty is a major challenge within the process of globalization and requires coordinated and continued policies, Recognizing also that, as the existence of widespread extreme poverty inhibits the full and effective enjoyment of human rights and might, in some situations, constitute a threat to the right to life, its immediate alleviation and eventual elimination must remain a high priority for the international community, Welcoming the appointment, for a period of two years, of an independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, whose mandate includes, in particular, a contribution to the evaluation in the year 2000 of the World Summit for Social Development and whose work should continue to take into account the efforts of the poorest people themselves and the conditions in which they can convey their experiences, 1. Reaffirms that extreme poverty and exclusion from society constitute a violation of human dignity and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate them; 5 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1992, Supplement No. 2 (E/1992/22), chap. II, sect. A. 6 Ibid., 1993, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1993/23 and Corr.2, 4 and 5), chap. II, sect. A. 7 Ibid., 1994, Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum (E/1994/24 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A. 8 Ibid., 1995, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A. 9 Ibid., 1996, Supplement No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A. 10 Ibid., 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II, sect. A. 11 Ibid., 1998, Supplement No. 3 (E/1998/23), chap. II, sect. A. 12 See E/CN.4/1997/2–E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/41, chap. II, sect. A. /...