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Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Iraq, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Romania, Rwanda,
Trinidad and Tobago and Yemen have adopted an integrated, multisectoral and participatory
approach as recognized in the draft guiding principles. Trinidad and Tobago has mechanisms
in place to oversee the implementation of central government decisions in terms of social
programmes. In France, there is a law on the fight against exclusion, and on the International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), the President of France announced that fighting
poverty would be considered a national priority. At the regional level, the European Union has
adopted the European Social Charter, with a focus on the right to protection against poverty and
social exclusion, and launched the Lisbon Agenda with the objective of facilitating the
eradication of poverty by 2010.
IV. SUGGESTED NEXT STEPS
118. A number of Governments and NGOs5 suggested that the draft guiding principles could be
used as a stimulus and guide for implementing further policies and in assisting bodies monitoring
the delivery of social services. They also expressed hope that the Human Rights Council and the
General Assembly would adopt the draft guiding principles as soon as possible and proposed
calling for a declaration on extreme poverty and human rights. The Government of France
specifically recommended that the Human Rights Council establish a working group to examine
in greater detail the content of the draft guiding principles.
5
France, Italy, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago; Comité Quart Monde Européen, Associazione
ONG Italiane, NGO Committee for Social Development, Marangopoulos Foundation for Human
Rights, Care International, University of Padova.
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