Expressing its deep concern that, even after the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, the number of people living in extreme poverty in many countries continues to increase, with women and children constituting the majority and the most affected groups, in particular in the least developed countries and in sub-Saharan Africa,
深切关注即使在联合国第一个消除贫穷十年执行之后，许多国家赤贫人口继续有增无减，其中大多数是妇女和儿童，他们构成了受影响最严重的群体，这种现象尤以最不发达国家和撒南非洲为甚，