Oct. 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

"Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty".

17 0ctober is the Interntional Day for the Eradication of Poverty, officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992.

On October 17, 1987, in reply to Joseph Wresinski’s appeal, 100,000 defenders of human rights gathered together on the Trocadero Plaza in Paris to express their refusal of extreme poverty, and to call on humankind to unite and ensure the respect of human rights. A Commemorative Stone proclaiming this message, was inaugurated on this occasion 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. This was the beggining of this special day.

In recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the theme for this year's observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is "Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty".