Reference Documents
Report on the Observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The Committee for the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty asks that all who wish to observe the day respect the following principles.
Listing of committee members and their responsibilities
Resolution 19 December 2005 - Eradication of poverty and other development issues: implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)
Text of the UN resolution recognising the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in 1992.
Reference Documents
Report on the Observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The Committee for the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty asks that all who wish to observe the day respect the following principles.
Joseph Wresinski, October 17, 1987, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Text of the UN resolution recognising the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in 1992.
Resolution 19 December 2005 - Eradication of poverty and other development issues: implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)
Listing of committee members and their responsibilities
Messages - Testimonies
Joycemacmillan glasgow
Poverty comes in all shapes and forms and there are people who live in it dont no how they can move on from it or manage to get out of it and that is why we all have to have the one (...)continue
On the 20th anniversary of the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty—initiated by the International Movement ATD Fourth World—Eugen Brand, Director General, launched a challenge to everyone, "To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty."
October 17, 2007 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Message from Eugen Brand, Director General, International Movement ATD Fourth World
On October 17, 1987, here in the (...)continue
Karunakaran - Petaling Jaya - Malaysia Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
Look at India’s poor, it’s a testimony of failed Democracy.
Look at China’s poor, it’s atestimony of failed Communism.
Look at Indonesia’s poor, it is a (...)continue
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