Message of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the International Human Solidarity Day, 20 December 2009: English | French |Spanish | Chinese | Russian | Arabic
The International Human Solidarity Day was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2005 as an initiative in the fight against poverty. (A/RES/60/209)
International Human Solidarity Day is:
A day to celebrate our unity in diversity
A day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements
A day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity
A day to encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals including poverty eradication
A day of action to encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication