humanity among people

Poverty constituted the greatest human rights challenge facing the world today. In light of an astonishing 40 percent

100 percent of the world's population live in extreme poverty or are at risk of falling into it, and in a situation that is:

The existence of a scientist (1) (one out of every five people living in a state of poverty is so severe that it threatens his survival)

Free from want and fear, as envisioned in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is still a distant hope.

The existence of poverty of this magnitude is not a definite destiny. As the report of the United Nations Millennium Project strongly demonstrates,

. Governments around the world have expressed a strong commitment to eradicating poverty. (2) The end of poverty is an achievable goal

In the most recent example, at the 2005 World Summit, world leaders reiterated their

Their determination to ensure the timely and complete achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including the elimination of

. and the present challenge (3) (poverty and hunger, stressing the right of people "to live in freedom and dignity, free from poverty and despair"

Now he is translating these commitments into concrete action.

Poverty is not only a matter of income but, which is more fundamentally more important, a matter of being able to

A person can live a life of dignity and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. It describes a group

manifold of interdependent and mutually reinforcing disadvantages that affect people's ability to claim and enjoy

their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. Therefore, the denial of human rights constitutes, in a way

Essential, part of the very definition of what poverty is.

A human rights-sensitive understanding of poverty will facilitate the creation of responses to the multiple dimensions of poverty that are:

More efficient and equitable. This understanding complements other, more traditional approaches to development and poverty reduction as it considers

Not only to the resources, but also to the capabilities, options, security aspects, and strength required to enjoy an adequate level

of subsistence and other basic civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.