In 1992 the General Assembly of the UN declared 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to be observed beginning in 1993. It noted that activities undertaken with respect to the Day will take into account those undertaken each 17 October by certain non-governmental organizations and invited all States to devote the Day to presenting and promoting, as appropriate in the national context, concrete activities on the eradication of poverty and destitution. The General UN Assembly also invited intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to assist States in organizing activities in that Day. The Day seeks to promote increased awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and serves to remind all people that sustained and concerted effort is vital to achieve the millennium development goals (MDG) of halving the number of people living in poverty by 2015. The theme for the International day for poverty eradication in 2006 is "Working Together out of Poverty".
In the EU, the Finnish presidency organised in Tampere the fifth European round table on poverty and social exclusion, which started yesterday.
This year marks fourteen years for the eradication of poverty. The story of the day goes back to October 17, 1987, when about 100,000 defenders of human rights gathered together on the Trocadero Plaza in Paris to honour victims of hunger, violence, and ignorance, to express their rejection of extreme poverty, and to call on mankind to unite to ensure the respect of human rights.
On October 15&16, people across the world stood up to remind Governments of this promise. STAND UP is an organisation, part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty month of mobilization around The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP).
For further information or to help, check the following:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/poverty/images/IDEP_flyer.pdf
http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/
en français:
http://www.oct17.org/site/sommaire.php3?id_rubrique=1
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