Eradicating rural poverty to implement the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A/RES/73/244
Reaffirming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito from
17 to 20 October 2016, 3
Recalling its resolution 72/233 of 20 December 2017, in which it considered
that the theme of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(2018–2027) should be “Accelerating global actions for a world without poverty”,
and all other resolutions related to the eradication of poverty,
Noting with appreciation the aspirations, embedded in Agenda 2063 of the
African Union, to lift huge sections of the population out of poverty, improve incomes
and catalyse economic and social transformation, and recognizing the importance of
the international community helping African countries to achieve such goals,
especially in the rural areas of the African continent,
Recalling its declaration, in resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, of
17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty,
Noting that, while considerable progress has been made over the past decade
across all areas of development, the pace of progress observed in recent years is
insufficient and uneven to fully meet the Sustainable Development Goals and targets
by 2030, especially in the area of rural poverty eradication,
Reaffirming that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development, particularly in Africa, in the
least developed countries, in small island developing States and in some middle income countries, and underlining the importance of accelerating susta inable,
inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development, including full,
productive employment and decent work for all, with a view to reducing inequalities
within and among countries,
Recognizing that poverty is a serious impediment to the achievement of gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, including those living in rural
areas, and that the feminization of poverty persists, emphasizing that the eradication
of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development, acknowledging the mutually
reinforcing links between the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment
of all women and girls and the eradication of poverty, and stressing the importance of
support for countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty in all its forms and
dimensions,
Emphasizing that the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development depends crucially on the transformation of rural areas, where most of
the poor and hungry live,
Welcoming the proclamation of 2019–2028 as the United Nations Decade of
Family Farming, to raise the profile of the role of family farming 4 in contributing to
the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Recognizing the interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable
Development Goals, and reiterating that the eradication of rural poverty and hunger
is crucial for the achievement of internationally agreed de velopment goals, including
those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and that rural
development should be pursued through an integrated approach which encompasses
economic, social and environmental dimensions, takes into account a gen der
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Resolution 71/256, annex.
Resolution 72/239.
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