Dear Friends,
After extensive consultations, the International Committee for 17 October presented a proposal to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs for this year's 17 October theme which I am pleased to tell you has been accepted.
So this year's theme for 17 October 2015 is:
"Building a sustainable future:
Coming...
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The International Committee is delighted that Mr. Cassam Uteem, the first President of the International Committee for October 17, has been elected as President of ATD Fourth World International Movement. Mr. Uteem replaces Ms. Nina Lim-Yuson, a member of the International Committee for October 17, who was President of ATD Fourth World...
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
International Committee for October 17: Appointment of Aye Aye Win
October 17, 2014, Pierrelaye, France—We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Aye Aye Win to the International Committee for October 17. The Committee was established in 2008 to promote and support the observance of the World Day for...
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International Committee for October 17
Message for the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty - United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Leave No One Behind: Think, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty
People living in poverty know from experience that it is only when we work together that...
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Since October 17, 1987, annual mobilizations have multiplied around the world. Copies of the Commemorative Stone laid on the Human Rights Plaza in Paris, France, have been installed in many other countries around the world.
It has become imperative to:
Coordinate initiatives in order, in particular, to offer annual themes common to all of the...
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The Committee meeting hosted many guests during its meeting in Dublin (12-15 May 2014), including Mr Dann Kenningham coming from England.
Please, watch his video recorded on the last day of the meeting.
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Dear friends,
We are happy to tell you the international theme for 17 October 2014, World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty, chosen with the International Committee for October 17 and the United Nations:
"Leave No One Behind:
Think, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty"
"Leave No One Behind": means...
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To our Irish Friends for 17 October
I'll listen well when you tell
through song and poetry
by Paul St John and William Yeats
about Irish History
You lament how Dublin's changed
you remember what used to be
you cherish the past and what remains
of Auld Dublin City
But cities are simply stone and clay
It's true today as then...
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Leave no one behind:
Think, decide and act together against extreme poverty
The theme chosen by the United Nations, in consultation with activists, civil society and non-governmental organizations, recog- nises and underscores the demanding chal- lenge confronting grass roots initiatives, as well as researchers and policy makers, to identify...
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
International Committee for October 17 meets in Dublin
The International Committee for October 17 will meet in Dublin from the 12th to 14th May 2014. This will be the Committee’s fifth meeting to promote and support the observance of the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty, observed on October 17th each...
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Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure those rights be respected is our solemn duty.
Joseph Wresinski
Poverty is a...
