Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade
for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017)
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entrepreneurship, inclusion, identity and safety, and the dignity of all people, as well
as to fostering liveability and a vibrant urban economy and to taking steps to ensure
that local institutions promote pluralism and peaceful coexistence within increasingly
heterogeneous and multicultural societies;
22. Acknowledges that good governance at the national and international
levels and sustainable, inclusive, sustained and equitable economic growth, supported
by full employment and decent work for all, and social integration, rising productivity
and a favourable environment, including public and private investment, inter alia
public-private partnership in a wide range of areas, and entrepreneurship, are
necessary to eradicate poverty, to achieve the internationally agreed development
goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals, as established by the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, of which the Addis Ababa Action Agenda is an
integral part, and which builds upon the achievement of the Millennium Development
Goals and addresses their unfinished business, and to realize a rise in living standards,
and that corporate social responsibility initiatives play an important role in
maximizing the impact of public and private investment;
23. Stresses the importance of using multidimensional indicators and
developing transparent measurements of progress on sustainable development that
complement gross domestic product in order to effectively reflect the reality of the
populations of all developing countries, eradicate poverty in all its forms and
dimensions, including extreme poverty, and reduce inequality everywhere, in
accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
24. Recognizes that social and economic development depends on the
sustainable management of the natural resources of the planet, and stresses the
importance of conserving and sustainably using oceans and seas, freshwater
resources, forests, mountains and drylands and protecting biodiversity, ecosystems
and wildlife, as well as promoting sustainable tourism, tackling water scarcity and
water pollution, strengthening cooperation on desertification, dust storms, degraded
land and soil and drought, promoting resilience and disaster risk reduction, addressing
decisively the threat posed by climate change and environmental degradation and
implementing the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption
and Production Patterns; 24
25. Also 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;
26. Stresses the importance of taking targeted measures to eradicate poverty
in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, of implementing
nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including social
protection floors, and of achieving substantial coverage of the poor and the
vulnerable, and encourages Member States to continue to develop and implement
social protection floors based on national priorities, paying p articular attention to
women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;
27. Also stresses the importance of policies to address longer-term structural
issues, including structural constraints faced by women as economic agents, and to
remove any barriers that prevent women from being full participants in the economy,
by, inter alia, undertaking legislation and administrative reforms, as appropriate, to
give women equal rights with men in political and economic decision -making and
access to economic resources and to promote the reconciliation of work and family
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