International cooperation for the eradication of poverty in developing countries : International Year for the Eradication of Poverty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1994
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SymbolA/RES/49/110
TitleInternational cooperation for the eradication of poverty in developing countries : International Year for the Eradication of Poverty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Reaffirms that the major activities for the observance of the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty should be undertaken at all levels and that assistance should be provided by the UN system with a view to creating among States, policy makers and international public opinion a greater awareness of the fact tht the eradication of poverty is both a complex and a multidimensional problem and fundamental to reinforcing peace and achieving sustainable development; stresses that an in-depth and complete study of the nature, the causes and the consequences of all types of poverty in developing countries which affect mankind is necessary within the framework of the Year; requests the Secretary-General through the secretariat of the World Summit for Social Development, the UN Research Institute for Social Development and the UN University to give appropriate consideration, in directing their research and studies of all types of poverty, to the experiences of the poor themselves and so contribute to a better understanding of their situation; further requests the Secretary-General to organize in Dec. 1995, during the 50th session of the General Assembly, the ceremony marking the launching of the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty.
Action note1994-12-19
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 92nd meeting
Meeting record
A/49/PV.92
Agenda information
A/49/251 88h International cooperation for the eradication of poverty in developing countries. POVERTY
Date[New York] : UN, 24 Jan. 1995.
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3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 92nd plenary meeting, 19 Dec. 1994.