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

Recognizes the contribution that the first UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) has made to poverty eradication, and notes the interest expressed for the proclamation of a second UN decade; 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; urges all Governments, the international community, including the UN system, and all other actors to continue to pursue seriously the objective of the eradication of poverty; calls upon donor countries to continue to give priority to the eradication of poverty in their assistance programmes and budgets, on either a bilateral or a multilateral basis; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 62nd session a comprehensive report evaluating the implementation of the first UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty; decides to include this item in the provisional agenda of its 62nd session.

Adopted without vote, 83rd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 61st sess., Suppl. no. 49.