October
17
International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty
2016 Theme:
Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending
poverty in all its forms
The United
Nations Sustainable Development Goal to “end poverty in all
its forms everywhere” explicitly recognizes that poverty results
not from the lack of just one thing but from many different
interrelated factors that affect the lives of people living
in poverty. This means we must go beyond seeing poverty merely
as the lack of income or what is necessary for material well-being
— such as food, housing, land, and other assets – in order to
fully understand poverty in its multi-dimensions.
The theme
this year – selected in consultation with activists, civil society
and non-governmental organizations – highlights how important
it is to recognize and address the humiliation and exclusion
endured by many people living in poverty.
"Poverty
is not simply measured by inadequate income. It is manifested
in restricted access to health, education and other essential
services and, too often, by the denial or abuse of other fundamental
human rights [...] Let us listen to and heed the voices of people
living in poverty. Let us commit to respect and defend the human
rights of all people and end the humiliation and social exclusion
that people living in poverty face every day by promoting their
involvement in global efforts to end extreme poverty once and
for all." — UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Past
Observances
2015 : “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end
poverty and discrimination”.
2014 : “Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together
against extreme poverty”.
2013 : “Working together towards a world without discrimination:
Building on the experience and knowledge of people in extreme
poverty“
2012 : “Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment
and Building Peace”.
2011 : “From Poverty to Sustainability:People at the Centre
of Inclusive Development“.
2010 : “From Poverty to Decent Work: bridging the gap”
2009: "Children and Families Speak Out Against Poverty"
2008: "Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty"
2007: "People Living in Poverty as Agents of Change: 20th
Anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty"
2006: Working Together out of Poverty
2005: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Empowering
the poorest of the poor"
2004: How Poverty Separates Parents and Children
About
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The observance of the International Day for the Eradication
of Poverty can be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day,
over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in
Paris , where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was
signed in 1948, to honour 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. Since then, people
of all backgrounds, beliefs and social origins have gathered
every year on October 17th to renew their commitment and show
their solidarity with the poor. Replicas of the commemorative
stone have been unveiled around the world and serve as a gathering
place to celebrate the Day. One such replica is located in the
garden of United Nations Headquarters and is the site of the
annual commemoration organized by the United Nations Secretariat
in New York .
Through
resolution 47/196 adopted on 22 December 1992, the General Assembly
declared 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication
of Poverty and invited all States to devote the Day to presenting
and promoting, as appropriate in the national context, concrete
activities with regard to the eradication of poverty and destitution.
The resolution further invites intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations to assist States, at their request, in organizing
national activities for the observance of the Day, and requests
the Secretary-General to take, within existing resources, the
measures necessary to ensure the success of the Day's observance
by the United Nations.
October
17th presents an opportunity to acknowledge the effort and struggle
of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their
concerns heard, and a moment to recognize that poor people are
the first ones to fight against poverty. Participation of the
poor themselves has been at the center of the Day's celebration
since its very beginning. The commemoration of October 17th
also reflects the willingness of people living in poverty to
use their expertise to contribute to the eradication of poverty.
Events
539
BC – Cyrus the Great marches into the city of Babylon, releasing
the Jews from almost 70 years of exile. Cyrus allows the Jews
to return to Yehud Medinata and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
456 – Battle of Placentia: Ricimer, supported by Majorian (comes
domesticorum), defeats near Piacenza (Northern Italy) the Roman
usurper Avitus.
1091 – London Tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength
T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
1346 – Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland
is captured by Edward III of England near Durham, and imprisoned
in the Tower of London for eleven years.
1448 – Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army
led by John Hunyadi is defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan
Murad II.
1456 – The University of Greifswald is established, making it
the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a
period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
1604 – Kepler's Star: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes
a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus.
1610 – French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims.
1660 – Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant
of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1662 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for 40,000
pounds.
1771 – Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed
by Wolfgang Mozart, age 15.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne
surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles
Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
1800 – Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
1806 – Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques
I of Haiti is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
1814 – London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.
1860 – First The Open Championship (referred to in North America
as the British Open).
1888 – Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph
(the first movie).
1905 – The October Manifesto issued by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
1907 – Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial
transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia,
Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
1912 – Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman
Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
1917 – First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
1931 – Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion.
1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United
States.
1941 – For the first time in World War II, a German submarine
attacks an American ship.
1941 – German troops execute the male population of the villages
Kerdyllia in Serres, Greece.
1943 – Burma Railway (Burma-Thailand Railway) is completed.
1945 – A massive number of people, headed by CGT and Evita,
gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron's
release. It calls "el día de la lealtad peronista"
(peronista loyalty day)
1945 – Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens becomes Prime Minister
of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force
in 1944 and the return of King Georgios II to Greece.
1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially
opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England.
1956 – Donald Byrne Vs. Bobby Fischer play a famous chess game
called The Game of the Century. Fischer beat Byrne and wins
a Brilliancy prize.
1961 – Scores of Algerian protesters (some claim up to 400)
are massacred by the Paris police at the instigation of Nazi
collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Prefecture of
Police.
1964 – Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the
artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital
Canberra.
1965 – The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes after a two
year run. More than 51 million people had attended the two-year
event.
1966 – A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters,
the New York City Fire Department's deadliest day until the
September 11, 2001 attacks.
1966 – Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations.
1970 – Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of
Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist
group.
1973 – OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western
countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against
Syria.
1977 – German Autumn: Four days after it is hijacked, Lufthansa
Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of German
GSG 9 commandos later rescues all remaining hostages on board.
1979 – Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1979 – The Department of Education Organization Act is signed
into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department
of Health and Human Services.
1980 – As part of the Holy See – United Kingdom relations a
British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican
1989 – 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale)
hits the San Francisco Bay Area and causes 57 deaths directly
(and 6 indirectly).
1994 – Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while
investigating corruption in the armed forces.
1998 – At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline
explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging
gasoline.
2000 – Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to
collapse of Railtrack.
2001 – Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi became the first
Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
2003 – The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor
skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin
Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 56 metres (184 ft) and become the
World's tallest highrise.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Catervus
Ignatius of Antioch
Marguerite Marie Alacoque (formerly)
Rule of Andrew
Richard Gwyn
October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Dessalines Day (Haiti)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (International)
Loyalty Day (Argentina)
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