(Seeing in the October 27), December 18, 1995, the United Nations declared 1996 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty year.

1995 12 18, the United Nations held a special session to formally announce to eliminate poverty in the year 1996 the International Year to promote global action to eliminate poverty in the shortest possible time. (History the com)
United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali issued a keynote speech, called upon the Government and the People's Action, War on Poverty. Currently, 1.3 billion people in the world live on less than $ 1 a day living (L $ dj��.����T)
Ghali said. 5 years of global poverty population increased by 300 million.
Ghali said that poverty is a major cause of violent crime, moral conflict and social disorder. Another urgent need to eliminate poverty because poverty has hindered the development of democracy. Democracy is based on equality, it gives every citizen the same ability to participate in political, but poverty deprived of this ability.
Ghali called on countries to work out a strategic plan for the eradication of poverty in 1996. He said poverty eradication movement and the community, everyone has a responsibility to support this common goal.
1996 as the "International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Year" is held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 1995, the United Nations Social Development World Summit made decision. At this meeting, the leaders and representatives of over 180 countries in the common Declaration and Programme of Action "document that decisive national actions and international cooperation to achieve the elimination goal of world poverty, and promised to eliminate poverty, The goal of increasing employment and promoting social integration as top priority projects and into the 21st century, in order to ensure the well-being of all mankind.
poverty is a worldwide problem. The world's wealth increased seven-fold in the past 50 years, but has become prominent worldwide poverty. According to UN statistics, there are 1.3 billion poor people, 300 million, an increase of more than 5 years ago; There are more than 10 million people lack safe drinking water and basic living conditions; each year about 18 million people died of hunger, malnutrition and poverty The other reason is far more than the deaths caused by the war; each year there are more than 300 million people died of tuberculosis, malaria and other preventable diseases. Third World poverty is a particularly serious problem. 1/3 of the population of the world live in South Asia, accounted for half of the poor. Africa's population of 630 million, about half of struggling with starvation. Latin America, there are nearly 200 million people living below the poverty line, accounting for more than 1/3 of the total population in Latin America. The world's most developed countries from 29 in 1974, increased to 48 in 1994. Developed countries, the disparity between the rich and the poor is getting serious, the poor are also the upward trend in the United States, Western Europe and other developed countries, 15% of people living below the poverty line.