Xinuha: Record breaking 173 mln people take stand with UN against poverty
UNITED NATIONS, October 22, 2009 (Xinhua) — Smashing a Guinness World Record, more than 173 million people around the world joined forces with the United Nations to call on global leaders to stamp out poverty and take action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their deadline of 2015, UN officials said here Wednesday.
Over 3,000 events were held in more than 120 countries in the fourth year of the “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” campaign over the weekend. Nearly 60 million more people took part in the festivities this year compared to 2008.
Associated Press: Group: 173 mill. people stood up against poverty
October 21, 2009 – (AP) — UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Millennium Campaign said Wednesday that more than 173 million people in 121 countries attended about 3,000 events over the weekend to demand action to help bring an end to extreme poverty.
Goals set by 189 world leaders at the U.N. Millennium Summit in September 2000, include cutting extreme poverty by half, ensuring universal primary education, and halting and reversing the HIV/AIDS pandemic, all by 2015.
AFP: Record numbers get behind UN drive against poverty
October 21, 2009 – UNITED NATIONS — More than 173 million people in 120 countries attended weekend meetings to press governments to do more to end poverty, in what the United Nations has called the biggest mobilization in history.
The response to the UN campaign “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” reached 173,045,325 people, more than last year’s event, and set a new Guinness world record, the international body said on Wednesday.
Millennium Campaign Director Discusses “Stand Up and Take Action”
October 18, 2009 – Salil Shetty discusses “Stand Up and Take Action” with BBC World Service radio’s “Weekend World Today,” as millions of people gather around the globe to demand that world leaders end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Millennium Campaign Director Calls for Accelerated Investment in MDGs During Stand Up
September 16, 2009 –Salil Shetty speaks to BBC World Service television about why people across the globe are participating in “Stand Up,” amidst a new report which shows the potential for rising hunger.
Stand Up Take Action 2009
More Than 116 Million People – Nearly 2% of the World's Population - Stand Up Against Poverty
World Record for Mass Mobilization Shattered
Citizens demand that world leaders keep promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and end inequality
WORLD LEADERS TOLD NOT TO LET FINANCIAL CRISIS DETRACT FROM ENDING POVERTY AND ACHIEVING MDGs
Bono, Archbishop Tutu and Martin Luther King III Join Millions to DemandGovernments Meet Promises made at Millennium Summit in 2000
New York, 16 October 2008 — Beginning tomorrow, more than 67 million people are expected to mobilize under the slogan “Stand Up Take Action” at events around the globe to demand that world leaders do not use the financial crisis as an excuse for breaking the promises they made in 2000 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
MORE THAN ONE PERCENT OF GLOBAL POPULATION EXPECTED TO “STAND UP AND TAKE ACTION” AGAINST POVERTY AND FOR THE MDGs
New York, 8 October 2008 – The United Nations Millennium Campaign and Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) today announced details of some of next week’s events aimed at mobilizing more than one percent of the world’s population— over 67 million people – on October 17-19 to demand that world leaders deliver on their promises to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
ANTI-POVERTY ADVOCATES ATTEMPT TO MOBILIZE ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLE TO TELL WORLD LEADERS TO END POVERTY NOW
New York, 2 October 2008 — From October 17th to19th, in an unprecedented mobilization, more than one percent of the world’s population is expected to “Stand Up and Take Action” to demand that their leaders end poverty and meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
