Stand Up Against Poverty
In 2000, leaders of 189 countries signed the Millennium Declaration agreeing to do everything in their power to end poverty. They pledged to do this by achieving the Millennium Development Goals, a roadmap to end extreme poverty by 2015.
Stand Up, Take Action, Make Noise for the MDGs 2010
When world leaders gather at the United Nations for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Review Summit in September 2010, the voices of their citizens will follow them, telling them, loudly and clearly: “We will no longer stay seated or silent in the face of poverty and the broken promises to end it!’
The demands and expectations of citizens across continents and countries, made visible and audible throughout 2010, will culminate in the “Stand Up 2010” mobilization. Stand Up 2010 will take place over three days beginning Friday September 17th till Sunday 19th.
BBC interviews Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign on MDGs, October 2009
In 2009, for the fourth year in a row, participants at Gorta's World Food Day Conference joined millions of people around the world to Stand Up and Take Action to demand that world leaders end poverty and achieve the MDGs.
