(k)
Continue participating in and contributing to relevant international
conferences and events with the aim of promoting the reduction of extreme poverty,
3.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to give high priority to the question of the relationship between extreme poverty
and human rights and invites it to pursue further work in this area, integrating and
cooperating fully with the Independent Expert in the various activities, notably the Social
Forum and the consultation on the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty, and to
provide all necessary human and financial resources for the effective fulfilment of the
mandate of the independent expert;
4.
Requests the independent expert to submit an annual report on the
implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly and to the Council, in
accordance with their programme of work,
5.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the independent
expert in his or her task, to supply all necessary information requested by him or her and
to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the independent
expert to visit their countries, to enable him or her to fulfil his or her mandate effectively,
6.
Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty
bodies and civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the
private sector, to cooperate fully with the independent expert in the fulfilment of his or
her mandate,
7.
Decides to continue its consideration of the question of human rights and
extreme poverty, in accordance with its programme of work.
28th meeting
18 June 2008
[Adopted without a vote.]