Striving Together to End Poverty : Sign Online
A STEP Towards Human Rights and Peace for All
On October 17, 1987, this declaration engraved on the Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties (Paris, France) - inaugurated the first World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, recognized by the United Nations as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in 1992.
In 2006-2007, over 150,000 people signed the "Call to Action" through the campaign "Ending Extreme Poverty, a Road to Peace", thus revealing a social movement of diverse individuals and groups around the world who agree that extreme poverty is a violation of human rights, and who want to come together to ensure that these rights be respected.
This social movement has led to an ongoing mobilization to strive together to end poverty, an essential step towards human rights and peace for all.
Each year, October 17th will be an opportunity to make public - locally, nationally, and internationally - the growing number of people around the world who agree with this declaration and who work in their own way towards its realization.
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If you signed the Call to Action, it is not necessary to sign this declaration because your voice has already been counted. However, please do distribute it as widely as possible! It can be signed online or sent by post to: October 17th Team, ATD Fourth World, 107 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 95480 Pierrelaye, France.
Let’s STEP up to the challenge together!
Message released for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17, 2009
International Committee for October 17th
The International Committee for October 17th invites you to acquaint or reacquaint yourself with the call to action for a world without extreme poverty, set in motion on October 17, 1987. This appeal, engraved in stone on the Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties in Paris (France), is at the heart of the observance of the International Day and the year-round commitments that it gives rise to:Let us work together to tend new ways of living together
"In these times when the arrogance of some banishes others and dismisses their basic rights, via sweeping laws and tightly protected borders, we want, together with everyone else who defends the inalienable dignity of each and every person, to forge a new future, one that can be shared by generations, communities and nations…"
Message from the Director General of the International Movement ATD Fourth World for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17th of October, 2009
October 17th, 2008 - the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, in New York
How the participation of people living in extreme poverty is a reality…
This year in New York, October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, was commemorated at the United Nations and in the Ocean Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn.About October 17th
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