” “The ceremony for the World Day for the Rejection of Poverty is held this morning at the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg. The deputy secretary general of the CoE, Maud de Boer Buquicchio, will give a speech in front of the copy of the "Memorial tablet in honour of the victims of poverty", unveiled in the Square of Human Rights and Freedoms (ex Trocadero) in Paris on October 17th 1987. The event is promoted in cooperation with the non-government organisation Atd Quarto Mondo. "The strategy of the Council of Europe to fight poverty is directed to combat social exclusion", reads a note from Strasbourg. In addition, the international organisation "owns legal instruments, such as the Human Rights Convention and the European Social Charter, which lays down social rights, including the right to protection from poverty and the right to housing". The first Day against Poverty was held in 1987 on the initiative of father Joseph Wresinski and brought to the French capital one hundred thousand "supporters of human rights" from different countries and was ratified by the UN in 1992.” ” ” “
