requires that every right granted should express a desire to foster the overall development of the individual, that it be the initiating factor for a set of rights necessary for that indivisible whole: the human person. B. Enabling persons and groups living in a situation of extreme poverty to make known their experience of impoverishment and poverty; a fundamental act of democracy 150. When the Commission on Human Rights adopted the resolutions on human rights and extreme poverty 2/ at its forty-fifth and forty-sixth sessions, it stressed the need for better knowledge of the phenomena of extreme poverty and of its causes. In this first section, we should like to make some comments on the type of knowledge that will enable these issues to be tackled. 151. During the discussions on the need for a more thorough knowledge of extreme poverty, many obstacles were identified; the heterogeneous nature of very poor populations, the lack of statistical data and the vincertainty as to the best methods of obtaining them, and the complexity of the causes of impoverishment. The aim of the present contribution is not so much to find answers to these questions or to consider means of gaining knowledge, Д/ as to identify the spirit in which the search for knowledge may be carried out. 152. The dignity of the individual can reach fulfilment only if it is revealed or confirmed by a partner. The endeavour to understand extreme poverty derives from the same relationship of partnership and fraternity. It reflects the desire of the non-poor to know and their refusal to be indifferent. We must therefore seek to imderstand the thinking of those who are afflicted by extreme poverty and to create the conditions in which they may freely express their thoughts.
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of understanding extreme poverty and its causes, as well as the need for knowledge and dialogue between those who are affected by poverty and those who are not. It emphasizes the dignity of the individual and the importance of partnership and fraternity in addressing this issue. The text does not specifically mention economic development, natural resources, or industry, but rather focuses on the human aspect of poverty and the need for understanding and dialogue.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education