GUINNESS WORLD RECORD SHATTERED BY CITIZENS ACROSS GLOBE DEMANDING THAT THEIR LEADERS END POVERTY
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.
Associated Press: UN chief launches global anti-poverty campaign
October 16, 2009 – UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a global campaign Friday to get millions of people around the world to Stand Up Against Poverty this weekend.
Now in its fourth year, the Stand Up against Poverty Campaign established a world record last year with 116 million people taking part in events to support the campaign to meet the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, which include reducing extreme poverty by half and ensuring universal primary education by 2015.
Events in Nepal at Stand Up
In Nepal, the President will read a Stand Up Pledge with members of the Constituent assembly at an event organized by the National Planning Commission and UN in Nepal at the President’s Official residence, broadcast live on national television. This will be followed by a concert hosted by the Millennium Campaign and Art of Living, where thousands of people are expected to gather in a large open-air theatre in the heart of Kathmandu on October 16 to Stand Up for peace and the reduction of poverty in Nepal.
In first press conference, the UNMC Indonesia introduced to the media several SUTA Ambassadors who are Indonesia’s high profiles including film producer, TV artist and host, singer and others.
End world poverty by the year 2015. That was the promise the leaders of 189 countries around the world made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000.
To ensure that this promise would not be in vain, they signed the Millennium Declaration outlining eight key global development goals: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; combat HIV/Aids, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and develop a global partnership for development.
Children and Youth all over Ghana will participate in the campaign with a clear message to leaders “We Can’t Wait; Stand Up, Take Action, End Climate Change and Poverty Now.’ The campaign will call on Ghanaians and the world to stand up for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and take actions that send clear and powerful message to governments and leadership; Keep your promises to end poverty and achieve the MDGs.
You Can End Poverty 2009
The fourth annual “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” mobilization will take place from October 16th to 18th this year, when millions of people across the globe call on world leaders to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Coinciding with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, this mobilization recorded participation by 116.9 million people in 2008, the majority from poor countries, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest mobilization of human beings in recorded history.
