Eradicating rural poverty to implement the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A/RES/74/237
Reaffirming further the Paris Agreement 1 and its early entry into force,
encouraging all its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2 that have not yet done so to
deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Reaffirming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito, Ecuador,
from 17 to 20 October 2016, 3
Bearing in mind that the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations in 2020
and the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda present an opportunity
to reaffirm collective commitment to multilateralism and to the United Nations, and
reaffirming the urgent need to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agen da,
including the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the eradication of poverty,
Recalling its declaration, in its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, of
17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty,
Recalling also 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,
Reaffirming that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and is an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development, particularly in Africa, in the
least developed countries, in landlocked developing countries, in small island
developing States and in some middle-income countries, noting with concern that, out
of 734 million people living in extreme poverty, 38 million fewer will escape extreme
poverty by 2030, because of the slowdown in the global economy, and und erlining
the importance of accelerating sustainable, 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,
Commending the efforts and remarkable progress achieved by developing
countries in eradicating rural poverty, while noting with concern that key gaps still
remain, such as: a lack of adequate data; inadequate investment in agricultural and
rural development; lower and inadequate human capital formation relevant for rural
livelihoods; scarce non-farm income-generating opportunities; a lack of productive
capacity and agricultural transformation; persistent gender inequality; a lack of social
protection; insufficient basic infrastructure and services; a lack of or poor adaptive
capacity and resilience to cope with the adverse effects of climate change and
disasters; and a lack of effective rural institutions and of sufficient resources,
Recognizing the leading role of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, together with other United Nations entities, including the
International Fund for Agricultural Development, the International Labour
Organization and the United Nations Development Programme , in the global efforts
to reduce rural poverty, while addressing other interlinked challenges such as
eliminating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition and increasing the resilience of
livelihoods to threats and crises,
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
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