UNITED
NATIONS
E
Distr.
GENERAL
Economic and Social
Council
E/CN.4/1999/48
29 January 1999
ENGLISH
Original:
ENGLISH/FRENCH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-fifth session
Item 10 of the provisional agenda
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Human rights and extreme poverty
Report submitted by Ms. A.-M. Lizin, independent expert,
pursuant to Commission resolution 1998/25
CONTENTS
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1 - 5
3
EXTREME POVERTY AS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS . .
6 - 36
4
A.
International standards
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8 - 17
4
B.
States' obligations
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18 - 27
7
C.
Poverty, human rights and development
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28 - 36
9
UNITED NATIONS ACTION TO ERADICATE EXTREME
POVERTY
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37 - 81
11
A.
United Nations Development Programme
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44 - 48
12
B.
World Bank
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49 - 51
13
C.
United Nations commitment to eradicate poverty
52 - 62
14
D.
Transfer of resources
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63 - 81
16
ACTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . .
82 - 95
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INTRODUCTION
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