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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN">‘Today is the UN’s official World Poverty Day. But every day is poverty day for the two billion people worldwide who have less than two dollars a day to live on. Of those, just under one billion live on just one dollar a day. In September 2000, 189 countries pledged to halve the number of those in poverty by 2015. When we look at the results so far, hope mixes with despair. Over 100 million children are still unable to go to school. Each year, 10 million children die before their 5th birthday. 40 million are living with HIV and AIDS, and 5 million die of it each year.’17<SUP>th</SUP> Oct 2004 Hilary <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Benn</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> Secretary of State for International Development</SPAN></I></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN">Today, nearly half of the world’s people live in poverty, 70% are women. 50,000 people still die daily as a result of extreme poverty, and yet …..we have the power to change this.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/">www.standagainstpoverty.org</A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR>Last year, 43.7 million people around the world took part in the biggest global mobilization to end poverty and inequality, and to promote the Millennium Development Goals. This year, at a time of global financial crises and food shortages, more than ever we need to ACT together in order to send an even stronger message to push world leaders for more and better aid, debt cancellation,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #202830; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <SPAN lang=EN>education for all, healthcare, trade justice, gender equality, public accountability and an end to extreme poverty by 2015.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. Tell your MP what you think</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: send SMS messages to the number 3454 with the word STAND UP.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #202830; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN">2. Attend Global Gatherings</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #202830; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN">: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a series of parallel IYPF events held in over 30 different countries focused on mobilizing and engaging young professionals in activities and processes that are holding governments and leaders accountable and contributing to the achievement of the MDGs. <A href="http://www.iypf.org/">www.iypf.org</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <B>Join Virtual Stand Up</B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: log in from October 17th to 19th and interact with the world on MDGs; build a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable world. <A href="http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39492944232">Facebook IYPF StandUp Global Gathering</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.iypf.org/">www.iypf.org</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">StandUp is an initiative of the Make Poverty History and Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) campaigns. IYPF is a GCAP Global Mobilization Partner. <A href="http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/">www.makepovertyhistory.org</A> </SPAN></DIV>
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