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AG/RES. 1983 (XXXIV-O/04)
POVERTY, EQUITY, AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 8, 2004)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN resolutions CIDI/RES. 113 (VII-O/02), CIDI/RES. 145 (IX-O/04),
AG/RES. 1854 (XXXII-O/02), and AG/RES. 1962 (XXXIII-O/03), “Poverty, Equity, and Social
Inclusion”; and CIDI/RES. 130 (VIII-O/03) and CEPCIDI/RES. 90 (LXXXIX-O/03), “High-Level
Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and Social Inclusion”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
That the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and Social Inclusion took place on Isla de
Margarita, Venezuela, from October 8 to 10, 2003; and
That the aforementioned meeting adopted the Declaration of Margarita (RANPEIS/DEC.
1/03); and
CONSIDERING:
That Article 2.g of the Charter of the Organization of American States establishes that one of
the essential purposes of the Organization is to eradicate extreme poverty, which constitutes an
obstacle to the full democratic development of the peoples of the Hemisphere;
That the Declaration of Quebec City, adopted at the Third Summit of the Americas, states
that “[w]e shall spare no effort to free our fellow citizens from the dehumanizing conditions of
extreme poverty”;
That the Declaration of Nuevo León, adopted at the Special Summit of the Americas,
recognizes that overcoming poverty, hunger, and social inequality are major challenges facing many
countries of the Hemisphere in the 21st century;
That in the same declaration the Heads of State and Government urge the OAS to carefully
consider the recommendations approved at the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and Social
Inclusion, held on Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, to strengthen the hemispheric social agenda;
That the Inter-American Democratic Charter reaffirms that “the fight against poverty, and
especially the elimination of extreme poverty, is essential to the promotion and consolidation of
democracy and constitutes a common and shared responsibility of the American states”;
The proposal for follow-up to the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and Social
Inclusion (CEPCIDI/doc.594/03), and the method for its implementation (CEPCIDI/doc.611/04
Corr. 1);