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Considering also the 2005 World Summit Outcome, in which heads of State and
government stressed “the right of people to live in freedom and dignity, free from poverty and
despair”, and recognized that “all individuals, in particular vulnerable people, are entitled to
freedom from fear and freedom from want, with an equal opportunity to enjoy all their rights and
fully develop their human potential”,
Bearing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/16 of 14 April 2005, in
which the Commission expressed deep concern that extreme poverty persists in all countries of
the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and reaffirmed that extreme
poverty and exclusion from society constitute a violation of human dignity and that it is essential
for States to foster participation by the poorest people in the decision-making process in the
societies in which they live and in the realization of human rights,
Noting that, in resolution 2005/16, the Commission also recalled that a better
understanding is needed of what is endured by people living in poverty, including women
and children, and that thought must be given to the subject, drawing on the experience and
ideas communicated by the poorest themselves and by those committed to working alongside
them,
Taking note of the reports of the independent experts on the question of human rights and
extreme poverty, Ms. Lizin and Mr. Sengupta (in particular E/CN.4/2004/43, E/CN.4/2005/49
and E/CN.4/2006/43), especially the analysis carried out by Mr. Sengupta of social exclusion as
a key and specific element of extreme poverty,
Taking note of Commission resolution 2001/31 of 23 April 2001, in which the
Commission requested the Sub-Commission to consider the need to develop guiding principles
on the implementation of existing human rights norms and standards in the context of the fight
against extreme poverty,
Recalling its own resolution 2001/8 of 15 August 2001, in which it entrusted a group
of experts from the Sub-Commission with the task of preparing a joint working paper,
without financial implications, on the need to develop, on the basis of the various relevant
international instruments, the ongoing work in other forums, the conclusions and
recommendations of the Expert Seminar on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty and any other
relevant inputs, in particular those received from Governments, guiding principles on the
implementation of existing human rights norms and standards in the context of the fight against
extreme poverty,
Also recalling its own resolution 2005/9 of 8 August 2005, in which it requested the
ad hoc group of experts to submit their final report to it at its fifty-eighth session,
Noting with interest the final report of Mr. José Bengoa, coordinator of the ad hoc group
of experts, on the implementation of existing human rights norms and standards in the context of
the fight against extreme poverty (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/16),
1.
Welcomes the draft guiding principles annexed to this resolution, in particular
insofar as the guiding principles:
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