UN for joint efforts to eradicate poverty
UNB, Dhaka :
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has saidsuccess in leaving no one behind will remain “elusive” if they do not target the people who are farthest behind first.
“Let us recommit to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 (no poverty) and a fair globalisation that works for all children, their families and communities,” he said in a message markingthe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty that falls on October 17.
This year’s observance focuses on ‘acting together
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has saidsuccess in leaving no one behind will remain “elusive” if they do not target the people who are farthest behind first.
“Let us recommit to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 (no poverty) and a fair globalisation that works for all children, their families and communities,” he said in a message markingthe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty that falls on October 17.
This year’s observance focuses on ‘acting together
to empower children, their families and communities to end poverty’.
Guterres said ending extreme poverty is at the heart of the world’s efforts to achieve the SDGs and build a sustainable future for all.
He said children are more than twice as likely to live in extreme poverty than adults.
“Poverty condemns many children to lifelong disadvantage and perpetuates an intergenerational transfer of deprivation. Today’s children will also live with the devastating consequences of climate change if we fail to raise ambition now,”Guterres said.
