Wear this ribbon to show your support for the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty and of the text written on it:- " Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty. "
The weaving design on the ribbon represents links...
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Testimonies
On October 17, Father Joseph Wresinski delivered his "I Bear Witness" speech, revealing not only the suffering, but the courage, efforts, and aspiration of those living in extreme poverty around the world. Since then, thousands have contributed to this act of public testimony, developing a...
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Joseph Wresinski October 17, 1987 Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
For these millions of children twisted by the pain of hunger, no longer able to smile, yet still yearning to love. For these millions of young people, who have no reason to believe or even to exist, and who vainly search for a future in this senseless world.
Our Father we pray to you,...
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Joseph Wresinski’s Address October 17, 1987 Human rights Plaza, Paris
You, the millions and millions of children, women and fathers who have died from misery and hunger and whose legacy we hold. It is not your death that I evoke, today on this Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties. I bear witness to your lives.
I bear witness to you, the mothers,...
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Text of the UN resolution recognising the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in 1992.
The General Assembly
Noting that the eradication of poverty and destitution in all countries, in particular in developing countries, has become one of the priorities of development for the 1990s, and considering that the promotion of the...
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People living in extreme poverty continue to be considered primarily as those who commit violent acts against which society needs to protect itself. For example, the authorities put in place laws to...
