A/HRC/31/75 (b) Encourages States to take that close correlation into consideration when they plan and implement policies and programmes for development, poverty eradication, and reducing social exclusion; (c) Welcomes the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is strongly grounded in the human rights principles of nondiscrimination, inclusiveness, equality and human dignity, and encourages States to put into practice these principles for development; (d) Supports the universal respect for promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights in efforts to address poverty eradication; (e) Notes that quality education, development and human rights are crucial to combat racism and poverty; (f) Encourages Member States to ensure that the realization of the right to education for all, including children, and in particular for national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, is one of the cornerstones of efforts directed at reducing poverty and ending discrimination; (g) Notes that some of the gravest and most neglected problems are poverty, inequality and unemployment in rural areas, including the lack of full realization of all human rights, inter alia, the right of everyone to the full enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health, and that disparities sometimes result from policies and programmes which intentionally or unintentionally concentrate services in urban areas, and in that context encourages Member States, when combating poverty, to take into consideration the situation and needs of the poor in rural areas; (h) Expresses its concern that in many parts of the world the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by half, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people living on less than one dollar a day, has so far not been met, and that, similarly, the relevant commitments made in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in 2001, have not been realized; (i) Appeals to Member States, individually or through international cooperation, to enhance their policies and measures to reduce income and wealth inequalities, as well as their policies related to quality education, access to job markets, and health services; (j) Reaffirms the importance and necessity of ensuring full integration of all, including the victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, into social, economic and political life, with a view to facilitating their full participation at all levels of the decision-making process; (k) Underlines that economic policies should increase social welfare as appropriate, including by giving priority to programmes designed to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to that end encourages national, regional and international financial institutions to take into consideration and address racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in all relevant projects, programmes and activities, as appropriate, including poverty and social impact assessments; (l) Recognizes that human development, including quality education, which ensure employability, empowerment and the participation of men and women from vulnerable groups in the political and economic mainstream and decision-making processes of their countries, is a crucial element in the eradication of poverty, and in 18