UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for urgent global action to reverse the negative trend in poverty eradication.
"As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we face a harsh truth: the world is moving backward," he said in a video message played at an event to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which falls on Oc