“How can you tell us that poor people like us have rights? Who’s going to respect them? What will we do to make our rights known and respected?”
during an awareness-raising session on the Handbook for Implementing the United Nations
It was a woman living in a cemetery who taught me that poverty could be overcome.
day the speakers would meet with Kofi Annan, then Secretary General of the United Nations
Maryann Broxton: “People in poverty are constantly held accountable… yet governments are not.” At the Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights UN event.
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For the Africa Climate Summit 2023 ATD had two delegates present. They made sure the voices and opinions of people in poverty were heard.
Organizations During ACS23, we actively engaged with key organizations such as the United Nations
Message from Mr. Cassam Uteem, President ATD Fourth World International, on the occasion of the World Day to Overcome Extreme (…) Read more →
against poverty in terms of access to Human Rights, as underlined by the United Nations
One more day wasn’t enough to get an ambitious document signed by the countries assembled in Katowice, Poland for the COP24.
assembled in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Since the first Conference on Sustainable Development in 1992, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased in (…) Read more →
Cristina Diez Saguillo Main representative of ATD Fourth World to the United Nations
Above: Guy Malfait during his time in the Philippines. By Guy Malfait – The Philippines I still remember my mother, (…) Read more →
Last June, that conclusions of the study were presented to the United Nations in
Valuing people and the planet over profits.
At the start of the pandemic, we had called upon the United Nations and all governments
Explore the Joseph Wresinski Archives and Research Centre, a vital resource in understanding and addressing extreme poverty.
Refusal of the (…) Read more → World Children’s Day On November 20, the United Nations
