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On October 17, 1987, a Commemorative Stone in Honor of the Victims of Extreme Poverty was inaugurated on the Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties (formerly Trocadero Plaza), at the place where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948.

Since then, on the 17th of October each year, people in extreme poverty and all those who reject extreme poverty and exclusion gather throughout the world to express their solidarity and their commitment to ensure that everyone’s dignity and freedom are respected.

This is the origin of the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty. Ever since, initiatives to observe this day have been increasing. In many places, gatherings are also held on the 17th of each month. Since 1987, many replicas of the Commemorative Stone have been inaugurated around the world.

List of Replicas

 1987 Saint Jacques de Compostelle (Spain), Musée des Pèlerins.

 1988, 21 april Genève (Switzerland), Hall du Bureau International du Travail

 1989, 28 october Saint Denis (Réunion Island), Parvis du Théâtre de Champ Fleury

 1992, 30 may Berlin (Germany), at the foot of the wall

 1992, 17 oct La Flèche (France), Place du marché, centre ville

 1993, 21 may Strasbourg (France), Conseil de l’Europe

 1993, 17 oct. Manilla (Philippines), Rizal Park

 1993, 17 oct. Rouyn-Noranda, Québec (Canada), Parc Tremoy

 1994, 17 oct. Lisbon (Portugal), Rua Agusta

 1994, 17 oct. Gand (Belgium), St Pieters abdij

 1994, 17 oct. Roubaix (France), Place de l’Hôtel de ville

 1994, 17 oct. Davao City, Mindanao (Philippines)

 1996, 12 fév. Manega (Burkina Faso), Musée

 1996, 17 oct. New York (USA), UN Gardens

 1996, 17 oct. Metz (France)

 1997 Thetford Mines, Québec (Canada)

 1997, 17 oct. Toulon (France), Faculté de Droit

 1998, 17 oct. Besançon (France)

 1999, 17 oct. Glasgow (Scotland), Georges Square

 2000, 15 oct. Rome (Italy), Saint Jean de Latran

 2000, 17 oct. La Garde (France, Var).

 2001, 17 oct. Marseille (France), Place de l’Espérance

 2001, 17 oct. Nogent-le-Rotrou (France)

 2001, 17 oct. Ozamis City, Mindanao (Philippines)

 2002, 29 may Brussels (Belguim), European Parliament

 2002, 17 Oct La Louvière (Belguim), Bd des Droits de l’homme

 2002, 17 Oct Hull (UK) Northern Cemetery

 2003, 17 Oct Sherbrooke (Canada) parc Lucien-Blanchard

 2004, 17 Oct Port-Louis (Mauritius) Water-Front

 2004, 17 Oct Somain (France), Place de la Mairie

 2005, Luxembourg Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster

 2007, 17 Oct, Kielce (Pologne), extrémité de la rue Sienkiewicz, coté Gare

 2007, 17 octobre, Reims (France), Cathédrale, © Photo : J. DRIOL.

 2008, 17 octobre Dublin (Irlande), Famine Memorial, Custom House Quay

 2008, 17 octobre Namur (Belgique) Parlement Wallon