1. The 20th General Assembly of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations extends its full support to the decision of the UN General Assembly to observe the Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, starting this year.

   The World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen, focused special attention on the problems arising from the growth of poverty worldwide, particularly in the developing countries. Governments made a number of vital commitments for action to put an end to the hell and horror of poverty world wide, particularly in the developing countries. The Alternative Resolution, adopted by hundreds of NGOs at Copenhagen, highlighted the urgency of combatting poverty, and the hunger, disease and homelessness which accompany it.

2. Recognizing the critical need for alternative sources of financial support for the United Nations system, for the eradication of poverty and for the implementation of the agreements of the recent global conferences;

   Declaring our determination to work for the implementation of the programme of action in relation to the eradication of poverty, adopted by the World Summit for Social Development as well as the other UN Summits and world Conferences held during the 1990s;

   Recommend that the three development committees (Geneva, Vienna and New York) should review the Tobin Tax on transactions in international currency markets, the 20/20 proposal, debt relief for the least developed countries, and similar proposals, and come back to the Board by mid-January with an elaboration on these initiatives so that they can be discussed at the February 1998 Board meeting and so that there might be possible action at the Commission for Social Development in February at UN Headquarters in New York.

Part A of this resolution was adopted by the 20th General Assembly. Part B was referred to the Board.

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