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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017)
policy coherence on employment issues, including by avoiding the duplication of
efforts;
46. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system,
within their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no o ne is left behind
and no country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution;
47. Recognizes the importance of addressing the diverse needs and
challenges faced by countries in special situations, in particular African countries,
the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island
developing States, as well as the specific challenges facing many middle -income
countries, and therefore requests the United Nations development system, the
international financial institutions, regional organizations and other stakeholders to
ensure that the diverse and specific development needs of middle -income countries
are appropriately considered and addressed, in a tailored fashion, in their relevant
strategies and policies, with a view to promoting a coherent and comprehensive
approach towards individual countries;
48. Invites all States, organizations of the United Nations system,
intergovernmental organizations concerned and interested national organizations,
including non-governmental organizations, to consider organizing activities for the
celebration in 2017 of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the declaration by the General
Assembly, in its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, of 17 October as the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, in order to raise public aware ness
to promote the eradication of poverty and extreme poverty in all countries, and in
this regard recognizes the useful role that the observance of the Day continues to
play in raising public awareness and mobilizing all stakeholders in the fight against
poverty and promoting the active participation of those living in extreme poverty in
the design and implementation of programmes and policies which affect them, with
the aim of achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
49. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-second session a comprehensive report evaluating the implementation of the
Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017),
including recommendations to maintain the mome ntum generated by the
implementation of the Decade, noting, inter alia, the possibility of considering a
third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018 –2027), and
decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the
item entitled “Eradication of poverty and other development issues”, the sub -item
entitled “Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication
of Poverty (2008–2017)”, unless otherwise agreed.
66th plenary meeting
21 December 2016
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