A/HRC/22/61 experience and sometimes resources to address the challenges of juvenile delinquency, but the State plays the most critical role in implementing policies and systems that provide security for youth and children in urban areas. 65. As the global urban population continues to grow at a rapid pace, the need to focus attention on ensuring their full enjoyment of basic human rights must become a priority for the future at the local, national, regional and international levels. An approach to alleviating poverty for urban populations that integrates infrastructural development, social safety nets and investments in empowering and educating poor communities will prove essential. Equally crucial will be a human rights approach to development that effectively addresses the ways urban poverty threatens rights to health, water, shelter, food, education and work. Lastly, improving political participation for the marginalized urban poor is the linchpin to strategies aimed at addressing the challenges of growing urban poverty. 22