Implementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
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SymbolA/RES/58/222
TitleImplementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Reiterates that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development; reaffirms that good governance at the international level is fundamental for achieving poverty eradication and sustainable development; urges developed countries that have not done so to make concrete efforts to reach the targets of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product as official development assistance to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of their gross national product to least developed countries, as reconfirmed at the 3rd UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries; calls upon the developed countries, by means of intensified and effective cooperation with developing countries, to promote capacity-building and facilitate access to and transfer of technologies and corresponding knowledge; reaffirms that the eradication of poverty should be addressed in an integrated way, as set out in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development; requests the Administrator of UNDP, in that regard, to take further measures to operationalize the World Solidarity Fund by establishing, on an urgent basis, the high-level committee whose task it is to define the strategy of the Fund and to mobilize resources to enable it to start its activities in the field of poverty alleviation; calls upon the Governments of the least developed countries and their development partners to implement fully the commitments contained in the Brussels Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010; calls for the full implementation of its resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003 on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits in the economic and social fields.
Action note2003-12-23
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 78th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.2/58/L.66
Committee reportA/58/488
Meeting record
A/58/PV.78
Agenda information
A/58/251 98 Implementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006). POVERTY--INTERNATIONAL DECADES (1997-2006)
Date[New York] : UN, 19 Feb. 2004
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8 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.