Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

• 10.17.2016, 14:01
•  World,  No-politics

October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The history of this international day can be traced back to October 17, 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris, France, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honor the victims of extreme poverty, violence, and hunger.

They proclaimed that poverty is a violation of human rights, and affirmed the need to come together to ensure that these rights are respected. These convictions are inscribed in a commemorative stone unveiled on this day.