"The International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year since 1993, when the [United Nations] General Assembly, by resolution 47/196, designated this day to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries, particularly in developing countries - a need that has become a development priority."
(United Nations,
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, visited 2008-10-01)
The
eradication of poverty is the first of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
(Millennium Development Goals,
Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger, United Nations, visited 2011-10-01)