International Day For Eradication Of Poverty Recognized On 17 October

Please Subscribe and Get Daily Updates in Your Inbox!!!

Please Subscribe and Get Daily Update in Your Inbox
Loading

18 October 2021 Current Affairs:The International Day For Eradication Of Poverty is commemorated On 17 October to recognize the efforts and struggles faced by people who live in poverty.

Highlights:
♦ The first commemoration of “International day for Eradication of Poverty” took place in Paris, France, in the year 1987. 
♦ Poverty was declared a violation of human rights on 17 October 1987 by people assembled at the Trocadero in Paris to honour the victims of extreme poverty, hunger and violence.
♦ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved in 1948, and on 22 December 1992, the UN General Assembly adopted 17 October as “International Day for the Eradication of Poverty”.
♦ This day provides a chance to these people to speak out their concerns and make everyone realize that these poor people are the first to fight poverty.
♦Around 88 to 115 million people have been pushed towards poverty. The majority of the people are from South Asian and Sub-Saharan regions who were pushed towards poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *