Implementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 57aImplementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006), published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2003–2025

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2007.

2007A/62/267Implementation of the 1st United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the contribution that the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) has made to poverty eradication, and notes the interest expressed for the proclamation of a second United Nations decade for the eradication of poverty;

Also recognizes that during the implementation of the Decade the international community adopted, inter alia, the United Nations Millennium Declaration,Error: Reference source not found the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and the 2005 World Summit Outcome,Error: Reference source not found all of which are mechanisms to focus national, regional and international efforts towards achieving poverty eradication;

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 United Nations system, and all other actors to continue to pursue seriously the objective of the eradication of poverty;

Reiterates the need to strengthen the leadership role of the United Nations in promoting international cooperation for development, critical for the eradication of poverty;

Welcomes the observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the International Human Solidarity Day in order to raise public awareness to promote the eradication of poverty and extreme poverty in all countries, in this regard recognizes the useful role the observance of the days continues to play in raising public awareness and mobilizing all stakeholders in the fight against poverty, and encourages a participatory approach to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty;

Stresses the importance of ensuring, at the intergovernmental and inter-agency levels, coherent, comprehensive and integrated activities for the eradication of poverty in accordance with the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields;

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 sixty-second session a comprehensive report evaluating the implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, including recommendations on maintaining the momentum generated by the implementation of the Decade;

Recognizes the useful role the observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty continues to play in raising public awareness and mobilizing all stakeholders in the fight against poverty, and requests the Secretary-General to take into account his report on the observance of the Day, as well as all other relevant reports concerning poverty eradication, in preparing his comprehensive report on the implementation of the Decade;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006)”.

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