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annex), adopted by the International Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002,
and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development;
(g) Work on the impact of discrimination on extreme poverty, bearing in mind the
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted in September 2001 by the World
Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance;
(h) Pay particular attention to the situation and empowerment of women in extreme
poverty, applying a gender perspective in his or her work;
(i) Pay particular attention to children living in extreme poverty, as well as to the most
vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities who live in extreme poverty;
(j) Submit recommendations that could contribute to the realization of Millennium
Development Goals, and in particular of goal 1, which consists in the halving by 2015 the
proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people
who suffer from hunger, taking into account the role of international assistance and cooperation
in reinforcing national actions to reduce extreme poverty;
(k) Continue participating in and contributing to relevant international conferences and
events with the aim of promoting the reduction of extreme poverty,
3.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
give high priority to the question of the relationship between extreme poverty and human rights
and invites it to pursue further work in this area, integrating and cooperating fully with the
Independent Expert in the various activities, notably the Social Forum and the consultation on
the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty, and to provide all necessary human and financial
resources for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the independent expert;
4.
Requests the independent expert to submit an annual report on the implementation of
the present resolution to the General Assembly and to the Council, in accordance with their
programme of work,
5.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the independent expert in
his or her task, to supply all necessary information requested by him or her and to give serious
consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the independent expert to visit their
countries, to enable him or her to fulfil his or her mandate effectively,
6.
Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies and
civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to
cooperate fully with the independent expert in the fulfilment of his or her mandate,
7.
Decides to continue its consideration of the question of human rights and extreme
poverty, in accordance with its programme of work.
28th meeting
18 June 2008
Adopted without a vote.
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