Legal Empowerment of the Poor and Eradication of Poverty

A/RES/64/215View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 57 Eradication of poverty and other development issues, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2009–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	A/RES/64/215	Legal empowerment of the poor and eradication of poverty	1,075	23%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/142	Legal empowerment of the poor and eradication of poverty	277	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2009–2011

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/341	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 64/215 on legal empowerment of the poor and eradication of poverty report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/64/215
2009	A/64/133	Legal empowerment of the poor and eradication of poverty report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/63/142

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Decent Work Developing Countries Empowerment Entrepreneurship Financial Resources Justice Literacy Poverty Mitigation Private Sector Property Rights Rules and Regulations Social Policy Socially Disadvantaged Persons Technical Cooperation Workers' Rights

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁹

⁹A/64/133.

Also takes note of the broad diversity of national experiences in the area of legal empowerment of the poor, recognizes the initiatives undertaken and progress made by some countries in advancing legal empowerment of the poor as an integral part of their national strategies and objectives, and stresses the importance of promoting the sharing of national best practices;

Welcomes, in this regard, the ongoing work of the United Nations funds and programmes as well as of the specialized agencies;

Emphasizes the need to accord the highest priority to poverty eradication within the United Nations development agenda, while stressing the importance of addressing the causes and challenges of poverty through integrated, coordinated and coherent strategies at the national, intergovernmental and inter-agency levels;

Also emphasizes the importance of access to justice for all, and in this regard encourages the strengthening and improvement of the administration of justice and identity and birth registration systems, as well as awareness-raising concerning existing legal rights;

Recognizes that respect for the rule of law and property rights, and the pursuit of appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks, inter alia, encourage business formation, including entrepreneurship, and contribute to poverty eradication;

Reiterates the importance of pursuing appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks at national levels to promote employment and decent work for all and to protect labour rights, including through respect for the fundamental principles and rights at work proclaimed by the International Labour Organization;

Recognizes the importance of pursuing appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks at national levels to promote a dynamic, inclusive, well-functioning and socially responsible private sector as a valuable instrument for generating economic growth and reducing poverty, and encourages the promotion of an enabling environment that facilitates entrepreneurship and doing business by all, including women, the poor and the vulnerable;

Encourages countries to continue their efforts in the area of legal empowerment of the poor, including access to justice and the realization of rights related to property, labour and business, addressing both formal and informal settings by taking into account those dimensions in their national policies and strategies, while bearing in mind the importance of national circumstances, ownership and leadership;

Emphasizes that education and training are among the critical factors in empowering those living in poverty, and in this regard calls for action at all levels to give high priority to improving and expanding literacy, while recognizing the complexity of the challenge of poverty eradication;

Calls upon the international community to continue to give priority to the eradication of poverty, and calls upon countries in a position to do so to support the national efforts of developing countries in promoting legal empowerment of the poor through the provision of adequate, predictable financial resources or technical assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit” and to continue the consideration of legal empowerment of the poor, taking into account national experiences and the views of Member States.

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