The first is the experience of those living in poverty.

It is disturbed by the increase in the number of persons living in poverty and extreme poverty.

The number of people living in extreme poverty remains high.

In many countries, the number of people living in poverty has increased since 1995.

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A further challenge is the capacity of NGOs to represent the interests of those living in poverty.

The Summit should also recognize the dignity and potential of people living in poverty.

The representative of Costa Rica stressed the importance of the participation of people living in poverty in determining relevant policies.

Income disparities have widened in many economies as has the number of people living in absolute poverty.

In a world blessed with abundant resources, more people cannot be allowed to join those living in abject poverty.

Involving those living in poverty in poverty reduction processes is a long term process.

Where they are functioning, some health systems are  in reality inaccessible to millions of those living in poverty.

Such strategies should focus on alleviating poverty among rural women.

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There is no doubt that the success of these initiatives will have an impact on the lives of millions of people living in poverty and despair.

21. The struggle against poverty should first take account of the needs of women living in extreme poverty.

Least Developed Countries in Africa continue to have the highest proportion of people living in extreme poverty.

It even goes far beyond the task of reaching out to the more than one billion people living in extreme poverty.

Please provide information on rural women living in poverty, and on the impact of poverty alleviation projects carried out by the Government, especially of projects targeted at women.

(a) Continue to strengthen its policies and programmes to combat the factors responsible for the increasing number of children living in extreme poverty

However, if India sustained its current rate of economic growth, the number of people in poverty in South Asia should go down considerably.

In Honduras, 64 per cent of households live in of poverty and 45 per cent live in extreme poverty.

The percentage of people living in poverty in Bangladesh fell from over 70 per cent, in 1971, to less than 45 per cent, in 2002.

Between 1999 and 2002, the incidence of poverty rose from 43.8 to 44.0 per cent, while the ratio of people in extreme poverty stayed at 19.4 per cent.

This practice, in its actual application, may often be discriminatory against children living in poverty.

Policies that are shaped by human rights are more likely to be effective, robust, equitable, inclusive and meaningful to those living in poverty.

The number of people living in conditions of abject poverty (less than 1.90 a day) has also fallen from almost 53 to less than 23 .

These modalities will be used to administer the 40 million credit fund to make it accessible to women living in extreme poverty.

In that regard, particular attention should be paid to the protection of children living in areas affected by internal violence, displaced children, disabled children, children living in poverty and children living in institutions.

Two thirds of the population is living in poverty, of whom one third in extreme poverty.

Notable in this connection is that the number of people living in extreme poverty in sub Saharan Africa has doubled.

In this respect, it refers the State party to the Committee's Statement on Poverty and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.6 The Committee requests that the State party provide, in its next periodic report, disaggregated and comparative data on the number of people living in poverty and on progress made in reducing the incidence of poverty.

While poverty persists, there is no true freedom .

Poverty is not just ethically inadmissible its very existence endangers democracy at home and peace abroad.

It will be difficult for democracy to survive if poverty persists.

Civil society organizations play a key role in the development process and should support the participation of those living in poverty in development decision making.

Invites the independent expert to pay special attention to the concrete experiences of involvement by people living in extreme poverty in the political decision making and social processes

VIVAT truly believes that if the Governments have the political will, most poor people will be able to rise above the poverty line.

They are astonished at the openness of spirit of persons coming from very precarious lives.

It has been established that the number of people living in absolute poverty, which was 85 million in 1985, could reach 265 million by the year 2000.

Despite a renewal in economic growth world wide, the number of people living in absolute poverty has increased in developing and developed regions alike.

The majority of the people of Malawi live in extreme poverty.

In some parts of the developing world, especially in China and East Asia, there have been real development gains and significant advancements in reducing both the number of absolute poor and the incidence of poverty.

There is no peace in intolerance and terrorism, no freedom in poverty, and no democracy in inequality.

The request for a vote on paragraph 12 of the draft resolution implied that the millions of people living in poverty were doing so out of choice.