We, cities of all countries, cities of a world in which poverty still kills thousands of human beings every day, endangers natural resources indispensable to life, and compromises the future of all the planet's children, request:
that our societies make the fight against poverty an absolute priority;
that to do so they mobilize more human resources as well as the additional national and international financial means needed while assuring the transparency of their use;
that they give substance to the commitments made by the heads of State and government of every continent during the World Summit for Social Development and to the programme of action adopted by the international community on that occasion;
that they take up this challenge together, in an enduring partnership.
It is a matter of human dignity.
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