Poverty eradication and capacity-building
1999
Details
SymbolE/RES/1999/5
TitlePoverty eradication and capacity-building
Summary
Urges further progress in harmonizing UN system support to national poverty eradication programmes through mechanisms such as the common country assessment and the UN Development Assistance Framework, fully consistent with and in support of national priorities as expressed in the country strategy notes or relevant national development plans, as appropriate, as well as full use of thematic groups and other coordination mechanisms within the Resident Coordinator system, in order to provide an integrated, coordinated and collaborative response by the UN system to national priorities for poverty eradication; stresses that the UN system should adopt flexible responses to specific capacity-building needs as articulated by the recipient countries in accordance with their national development plans and priorities.
Action note1999-07-23
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 38th plenary meeting
Related resourceE/1999/99
DraftE/1999/L.24
Agenda information
E/1999/100 3a Poverty eradication and capacity-building. POVERTY MITIGATION--CAPACITY-BUILDING
Date2000
Notes
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1999, New York, 20 Jan. and 2-5 Feb. 1999; resumed organizational session for 1999, New York, 25 March, 6 and 7 May and 23 June 1999; substantive session of 1999, Geneva, 5-30 July 1999; resumed substantive session of 1999, New York, 16 Sept., 26 Oct., 15 Nov. and 16 Dec. 1999 - E/1999/99 - p. 17-18 - (ESCOR, 1999, Suppl. no. 1).