Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 57a Implementation of the 2nd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017), published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2008–2016

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2016).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/218	Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)	5,242	53%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/241	Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)	6,518	32%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/234	Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)	3,369	81%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/226	Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)	3,132	75%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/224	Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)	2,911	73%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2008–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/283	Implementation of the 2nd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/241
2016	A/71/181	Implementation of the 2nd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/218
2015	A/70/281	Implementation of the 2nd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/234
2010	A/65/230	Implementation of the 2nd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/216
2008	A/63/190	Implementation of the 2nd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/205

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Conferences Decent Work Developing Countries Development Assistance Development Strategies Donor Countries Economic Growth Education Employment Creation Financial Resources International Cooperation International Decades Least Developed Countries Poverty Mitigation Programme Implementation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the objective of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) is to support, in an efficient and coordinated manner, the follow-up to the implementation of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, related to the eradication of poverty and to coordinate international support to that end;

Also reaffirms that each country must take primary responsibility for its own development and that the role of national policies and strategies cannot be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and recognizes that increased effective national efforts should be complemented by concrete, effective and supportive international programmes, measures and policies aimed at expanding the development opportunities of developing countries, while taking into account national conditions and ensuring respect for national ownership, strategies and sovereignty;

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;

Reiterates the need to strengthen the leadership role of the United Nations in promoting international cooperation for development, which is critical for the eradication of poverty;

Stresses the importance of ensuring, at the national, intergovernmental and inter-agency levels, coherent, comprehensive and integrated activities for the eradication of poverty in accordance with the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields;

Reaffirms the commitment to promote opportunities for full, freely chosen and productive employment, including for the disadvantaged, as well as decent work for all, with full respect for fundamental principles and rights at work under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and also reaffirms that macroeconomic policies should, inter alia, support employment creation, taking fully into account the social and environmental impact and dimensions of globalization, and that these concepts are key elements of sustainable development for all countries and are therefore a priority objective of international cooperation;

Emphasizes that education and training are among the critical factors in empowering those living in poverty, 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 upon donor countries in a position to do so to support the effective national efforts of developing countries in this regard, through adequate predictable financial resources on either a bilateral or a multilateral basis;

Reaffirms the need to fulfil all official development assistance commitments, including the commitments made by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national product for official development assistance to developing countries by 2015, and to reach the level of at least 0.5 per cent of gross national product for development assistance by 2010, as well as a target of 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of gross national product for official development assistance to least developed countries;

Welcomes the increased efforts to improve the quality of official development assistance and to increase its impact on development, including through the Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council, the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the 2008 Accra Agenda for Action,⁸ which make important contributions to the efforts of those countries which have committed to them, and through the adoption of the fundamental principles of national ownership, alignment, harmonization and management of results and through the further alignment of assistance with countries’ strategies, the building of institutional capacities, the reduction of transaction costs, the elimination of bureaucratic procedures, the achievement of progress on untying aid, the enhancement of the absorptive capacity and financial management of recipient countries and the strengthening of the focus on development results, and bears in mind that there is no one-size-fits-all formula that will guarantee effective assistance and that the specific situation of each country needs to be fully considered;

⁸A/63/539, annex.

Recognizes that sustained and inclusive economic growth is essential for eradicating poverty and hunger, in particular in developing countries, and stresses that national efforts in this regard should be complemented by an enabling international environment;

Calls upon Member States to continue their ambitious efforts to strive for more inclusive, equitable, balanced, stable and development-oriented sustainable socio-economic approaches to overcoming poverty and inequality;

Takes note of the decision of the Secretary-General to appoint the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs as the coordinator for the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017);

Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system to consider activities to implement the Second Decade, in consultation with Member States and other relevant stakeholders;

Takes note of the inter-agency system-wide plan of action for poverty eradication involving more than twenty-one agencies, funds, programmes and regional commissions, and requests the Secretary-General to provide further details of this plan of action to the Member States;

Reaffirms the need to give the highest priority to its consideration of the item on poverty eradication in its agenda, and in that regard recalls its decision, in resolution 63/230, as a contribution to the Second Decade, to convene, during its sixty-eighth session, a meeting of the General Assembly at the highest appropriate political level centred on the review process devoted to the theme relating to the issue of poverty eradication, and stresses that the meeting and the preparatory activities should be carried out within the budget level proposed by the Secretary-General for the biennium 2012–2013 and should be organized in the most effective and efficient manner;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item entitled “Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017)”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report that details the current response of the United Nations system related to the theme of the Second Decade.

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