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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY

New York, 17 October 2022

As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we face a harsh truth: the world is moving backwards.

COVID-19 plunged millions into poverty, setting back more than four years of hard-won progress. Inequalities are widening. National and household economies are battered by job losses, skyrocketing food and energy prices, and the gathering...