International Year of Microcredit, 2005 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
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SymbolA/RES/53/197
TitleInternational Year of Microcredit, 2005 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
Other titles
International Year of Microcredit, 2005
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Summary
Proclaims the year 2005 as the International Year of Microcredit; requests that the observance of the Year be a special occasion for giving impetus to microcredit programmes throughout the world; invites Governments, the UN system, all concerned non-governmental organizations, other actors of civil society, the private sector and the media to highlight and give enhanced recognition to the role of microcredit in the eradication of poverty, its contribution to social development and its positive impact on the lives of people living in poverty; invites all involved in the eradication of poverty to consider taking additional steps so that credit and related services for self-employment and income-generating activities may be made available to an increasing number of people living in poverty.
Action note1998-12-15
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 91st meeting
DraftA/C.2/53/L.18
Committee reportA/53/613
Meeting record
A/53/PV.91
Agenda information
A/53/251 98 Implementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006). POVERTY--INTERNATIONAL DECADES
Date[New York] : UN, 22 Feb. 1999
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2 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 91st plenary meeting, 15 Dec. 1998.