Official Appeals and Statements
Official Appeals and Statements
Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
Mr. Jan Kavan, President of General Assembly (UN)
UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown
High Commissionner for Human Rights
Message to staff from the OIT Director-General
M. Kofi Annan, UN
Secretary-General
Message by Mr. Jan Kavan, President
of General Assembly (UN)
Message of
UNDP Administrator
Mark Malloch Brown
Statement by High Commissionner for Human Rights on
occasion of World Food Day, International
Day for Eradication of Poverty
Message to staff from the OIT
Director-General on the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 October 2002
Proclamation by the Mayor of the city of Edmonton, Canada :
Whereas, the United Nations declared 1997 to 2006 as the decade for the Eradication of Poverty;
And whereas, everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of themselves and of their family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services;
And Whereas, everyone has the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond their control;
Therefore, I Mayor Bill Smith, do hereby proclaim october 17, 2002 ‘International day for the eradication of poverty" in Edmonton.
STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY
We, the 121-strong men and women of the Department of Agrarian Reform in the Province of Aklan, Republic of the Philippines extend our solidarity with the worldwide movement to overcome extreme poverty. We believe and support the struggles of millions of people around the globe to eradicate extreme poverty manifested in our people suffering from hunger, ignorance and violence. Our farmers in the rural communities bear the brunt of this phenomenon, be it man- made or as intended by nature but we are firm and determined that with God’s guidance and blessing and our commitment to our agency’s mandate to be the primordial organization to institute asset reform in our country.
By: ATTY.
DANIEL Y. MARTELINO
Provincial
Agrarian Reform Officer II