Question: On which date International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year?
a) 21 October
b) 17 October
c) 16 October
d) 10 October
Ans: b
Related Facts
- The International day for Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on October 17.
- It is a UN recongnised day.
- Theme of this year day is Building forward together :Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet.
- According to the World Bank, between 88 and 115 million people are being pushed into poverty as a result of the Covid crisis, with the majority of the new extreme poor being found in South Asian and Sub-Saharan countries where poverty rates are already high”.
- In 2021, this number is expected to have risen to between 143 and 163 million.
- These ‘new poor’ will join the ranks of the 1.3 billion people already living in multidimensional and persistent poverty.
- History of the day
- Poverty was proclaimed as violation of human rights on October 17, 1987.
- It was proclaimed by people who got assembled at the Trocadero in Paris in order to honour the victims of extreme poverty, hunger as well as violence.
- On this day, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was also signed in the year 1948. Finally on December 22, 1992, UN General Assembly adopted its resolution 47/196 and proclaimed October 17 as “International Day for the Eradication of Poverty”.
By Kameshwar Shukla
Reference: https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-for-eradicating-poverty