During the opening session of the two-day meeting, sponsored by the Permanent Missions of France and Burkina Faso at the United Nations, H.E Mr. Cassam Uteem reminded participants that the international community needs to listen and to understand people living in extreme poverty, as they are the ones who already struggle to eradicate it and the...
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See what happened on October 17th, 2011 ...
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Canada : First echos from New Market
The Philippines : Some photos of the event at Rizal Park
Poland : Some photos from Kielce
Switzerland : Excerpt of an interview on the UN Radio website.
The United States : Observance of the International Day for the ...
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Commemorative stone in honour of victims of extreme poverty
OCTOBER 17, 1987,
ON THIS DAY, DEFENDERS OF HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS FROM EVERY CONTINENT GATHERED HERE. THEY PAID HOMAGE TO THE VICTIMS OF HUNGER, IGNORANCE AND VIOLENCE. THEY AFFIRMED THEIR CONVICTION THAT HUMAN MISERY IS NOT INEVITABLE. THEY PLEDGED THEIR SOLIDARITY WITH ALL PEOPLE...
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October 17th, the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, was officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992. The day was first celebrated in 1987 by thousands of participants at the Human Rights Plaza in Paris, France.
The October 17th message is: "
Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty...
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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...
