Theme for 2012: Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment and Building Peace

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year since 1993, when the UN General Assembly, by resolution 47/196, designated this day to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries. Fighting poverty remains at the core of the UN development agenda

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