Expressing concern that, after the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006), and midway to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals target date, while there has been progress in reducing poverty in some regions, this progress has been uneven and the number of people living in poverty in some countries continues to increase, with women and children constituting the majority of the most affected groups, especially in the least developed countries and in particular in sub-Saharan Africa,
关注在联合国第一个消除贫穷十年（1997-2006年）之后，在距离2015年千年发展目标预定实现日期的中点，虽然一些区域减贫工作已取得进展，但进展不均，一些国家穷人人数继续有增无减，受影响最严重的群体中大多数是妇女和儿童，这种现象尤以最不发达国家、特别是撒南非洲为甚，