INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER 17
Message for the World Day for Overcoming Poverty & the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17th October 2017
Thirty years ago, on October 17, 1987, Father Joseph Wresinski launched his historic Call to Action against extreme poverty at the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in...
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The International Committee for October 17th was launched on October 17th, 2008.
The goals of the International Committee for October 17th are:
To promote the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which publicly unites all those who are striving together to end poverty and those who want to join them, whether at global, national or...
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In January, a group worked on proposals for the October 17, 2018 theme. 2018 represents the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights.
Your comments will be useful to the working group responsible for submitting the proposals to the United Nations.
1. Ensuring that human rights are a reality for all: overcoming together...
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At the occasion of the International Committee for October 17 meeting in June 2016, the members answered to the question: "What does October 17 represent for you and why is this Day important?"
Here is what Dr. Jyoti Tuladhar from Nepal has to say about it.
To know more about her commitment, please read here: http://overcomingpoverty....
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Watch again videos from the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty commemorations, that took place on October 17, 2017. Videos from Manila, Dublin, Dakar, Paris, Guatemala, New York, as well as from other places.
http://www.atd-fourthworld.org/stop-poverty/replay/
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Dear friends,
We are happy to send you this special 17 October edition of our Letter to Friends Around the World. Thirty years ago, 100,000 people gathered on the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in Paris to answer Joseph Wresinski's Call to Action:
“On the 17 October 1987, defenders of human and civil rights from every continent gathered...
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER 17
Message for the World Day for Overcoming Poverty & the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17th October 2016
“The worst thing about living in extreme poverty is the contempt, that they treat you like you are worthless, that they look at you with disgust and fear and...
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ARMOEDE UITROEIEN - VAN VERNEDERING EN
UITSLUITING NAAR PARTNERSCHAP
17 OKTOBER 2016
Coming together to overcome poverty –
Samenkomen om armoede te overwinnen
Dat gebeurt op honderden plaatsen over heel de wereld. Zie:
www.overcomingpoverty.org Voor België is er ook www.17oktober.be en op de volgende bladzijden vind je een selectie...
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Dear Friends,
In 2017, we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Joseph Wresinski's call to action and we've already started preparing for an extraordinary campaign which we would like to invite you to join in. Since the 17 October was recognised as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, by the United Nations in 1992,...
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Special Session of the International Committee for October 17 at the International Organisation of the Francophonie, Paris June 10, 2016
Donald Lee, President of the Committee
Madam Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests and Friends,
The International Committee for October 17 is very honoured that the International Organisation...
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A brainstorming was held in New York to develop proposals for the theme for October 17, 2018. The informal working group agreed to propose the following themes...
