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24 Hours of Action Starting Today
October 16, 2007


Millions Expected to 'Stand Up And Speak Out' on the
International Day for Eradication of Poverty

Online Press Conference on 18th October at 13.00 GMT

    NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On
Tuesday October 16th, at 9:00 p.m. GMT, millions of people
from all over the world are expected to begin mobilizing in
the largest ever call to action against poverty and
inequality and in support of the Millennium Development
Goals. 

    The mobilization will continue for 24 hours and
hundreds of events will mark International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty. 

    The actions are organised by the UN Millennium
Campaign, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
alliance and a wide range of partners around the world.
"Stand Up and Speak Out" calls on ordinary people
to show courage and demand a more urgent political response
to the growing crisis of global poverty and to demand that
world leaders meet and exceed their commitments to the
Millennium Development Goals.

    The events will be verified by Guinness World Records
to compare with the 23.5 million who took part last year. 

    Information available at
http://www.standagainstpoverty.org

    Events include:

    INDIA -- a march of 20,000 Dalits in Madhya Pradesh,
Indian's first female President Pratibha Patil holds a
poverty-focus meeting with women from 20 states, his
holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living
Foundation will mobilize millions globally and at his
ashram in Bangalore, and renowned yoga guru Swami Ramdev is
also leading millions of his followers.

    KENYA -- 25,000 schools and 93 prisons will take a
stand and speak out against poverty. The People's
Parliament in Nairobi is hosting discussions about how
poverty and debt affect Kenyans.

    PALESTINE -- 1 million Palestinian children in public
and private schools, as well as UNWRA schools throughout
the West Bank and Gaza, are calling for faster action to
end poverty. Also, the Poverty Requiem" will be
performed in Ramallah, free healthcare is being provided in
the West Bank all week and civil society delegations have
lined up high-level meetings with ministers.

    AFGHANISTAN -- a youth kite-flying event will take
place in Kabul in the morning of the 17th, followed by
rallies in three cities calling for job creation policies
and an end to corruption.

    LONDON & NEW YORK -- The UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon will lead UN staff and civil society in a stand up
moment at UN Headquarters in New York, while the Deputy
Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro will join Kumi
Naidoo of GCAP and others at a white band wrap of City Hall
in London.
 
    OCTOBER 18th -- ONLINE PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE
GUINNESS RECORD

    The number of people who take part will be verified by
Guinness Book of Records and announced at 14.00 GMT on
October 18th.  An online press conference will be held with
UN Millennium Campaign and GCAP spokespersons. 

    When: 14.00 GMT (October 18th)

    What: Join the online press conference by logging on
to: 

    http://standagainstpoverty.org/press/conference

    The press conference will take the form of a live video
feed and journalists' questions will be submitted via a chat
interface on the web page. No password is necessary to join,
you will need Adobe Flash Player.


    For  more information, please contact:

     Ciara O'Sullivan
     GCAP Media Coordinator
     Tel:   +44-77672-46880 / +34-679-594-809
     Email: ciara_os@hotmail.com

     Anand Kantaria
     Global Media Coordinator
     United Nations Millennium Campaign
     Tel:   +1-212-906-6783

     Website: http://www.whiteband.org 
              http://www.endpoverty2015.org
              http://www.standagainstpoverty.org
             
http://standagainstpoverty.org/press/conference
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