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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan supports Stand Up Against Poverty world record attempt

New York, 2006-10-15




THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
      
QUOTES TO BE USED AHEAD OF “STAND UP”   EVENTS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY
October 2006



“The challenge to stand up against poverty has captured the imagination of people around the world. We are standing up for the Millennium Development Goals; we are standing up to hold leaders to their promises; we are standing up because until we meet the Goals, we will not give up.”

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