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2015, the proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and
of those who suffer from hunger, and at the 2005 World Summit, and welcoming the
conclusions of the summit on the Millennium Development Goals held in New York from
20 to 22 September 2010,
Deeply concerned that extreme poverty persists in all countries of the world,
regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and that its extent and
manifestations are particularly severe in developing countries,
Reaffirming the primary role of States in the fight against extreme poverty and in the
promotion and protection of human rights, emphasizing the role of international
cooperation in support of such efforts, and emphasizing also the need to enhance
international cooperation to raise the capacities of States to eradicate extreme poverty and
to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals,
Stressing that respect for all human rights, which are universal, indivisible,
interdependent and interrelated, is of crucial importance for all policies and programmes to
fight extreme poverty at the local, national and regional levels,
Recalling the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, annexed
to resolution 2006/9 adopted by the Subcommission for the Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights on 24 August 2006,
1.
Takes note with satisfaction of the progress report of the independent expert
on the question of human rights and extreme poverty on the draft guiding principles on
extreme poverty and human rights;1
2.
Affirms that the fight against extreme poverty must remain a high priority for
the international community;
3.
Rights:
Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
(a)
To seek the views, comments and suggestions on the progress report on the
draft guiding principles submitted by the independent expert of States, relevant United
Nations agencies, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations treaty bodies, relevant
special procedures, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations,
especially those working with people living in extreme poverty, and other relevant
stakeholders;
(b)
To organize, within existing resources, in Geneva before June 2011, a twoday consultation on the progress report on the draft guiding principles with the independent
expert and relevant stakeholders, including representatives of States, development and
human rights practitioners and organizations at the local, national, regional and
international levels;
(c)
To prepare and to submit to the Council, no later than its nineteenth session,
an analytical compilation on the basis of the submissions received in writing and made at
the above-mentioned consultation;
4.
Invites the independent expert, on the basis of the report of the Office of the
High Commissioner, to pursue further work on the draft guiding principles on extreme
poverty and human rights with a view to submitting a final draft of the revised guiding
principles to the Council at its twenty-first session, in order to allow the Council to take a
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