Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) A/RES/71/241 degradation and implementing the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns; 19 26. Encourages all relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, to strengthen United Nations funding for the eradication of poverty in a ll its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, through voluntary contributions to existing poverty-related system-wide funds; 27. Recognizes that sustainable, inclusive, sustained and equitable economic growth is essential for eradicating poverty and hunger, in particular in developing countries, and stresses that national efforts in this regard should be complemented by an enabling international environment and by ensuring greater coherence among macroeconomic, trade and social policies at all levels; 28. Stresses the resolve to eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, measured in 2015 as living on less than 1.25 dollars a day, 2 and the efforts to reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its forms and dimensions, according to national definitions; 29. Recognizes that poverty is multidimensional, invites national Governments, supported by the international community, to consider developing complementary measurements that better reflect this multidimensionality, and emphasizes the importance of developing a common understanding among national Governments and other stakeholders of the multidimensional nature of poverty; 30. Calls upon Member States to continue their ambitious efforts to strive for more inclusive, equitable, balanced, stable and development -oriented sustainable socioeconomic approaches to overcoming poverty, and, in view of the negative impact of inequality, including gender inequality, on poverty, emphasizes the importance of structural transformation that leads to inclusive and sustainable industrialization for employment creation and poverty reduction, investing in sustainable agriculture, resilient infrastructure development and enhancing interconnectivity and achieving access to energy, as well as promoting decent rural employment, improving access to quality education, promoting quality health care, including through the acceleration of transition towards equitable access to universal health coverage, advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, expanding social protection coverage, climate change mitigation and adaptation and combating inequality and social exclusion; 31. Invites all relevant stakeholders, including organizations of the United Nations system and civil society organizations, to share good practices relat ing to programmes and policies that address inequalities for the benefit of those living in extreme poverty and promote the active participation of those living in extreme poverty in the design and implementation of such programmes and policies, with the aim of achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 32. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions, as appropriate, to conduct activities to accelerate and review progress in the implementation of the Second Decade, in consultation with Member States and other relevant stakeholders; _______________ 19 A/CONF.216/5, annex. 11/14

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