Implementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Reiterates that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries; reaffirms that good governance at the national and 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; calls upon the developed 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; recognizes the important potential contribution of the World Solidarity Fund to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals; reaffirms its support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development; 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 General Assembly 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; requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its 60th session on the implementation of the present resolution; decides to include this item in the provisional agenda of its 60th session.

Adopted without vote, 75th plenary meeting

9 p.

Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.