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
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