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... The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations. ...


... All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in order to decrease the disparities in standards of living and better meet the needs of the majority of the people of the world. ...