A/74/493
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 October 2019
Original: English
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 70 (b)
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for
improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Extreme poverty and human rights*
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston,
submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 35/19.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent
developments.
19-17564 (E)
291019
*1917564*