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Secretary-General's message 2025
Too often, people living in poverty are blamed, stigmatised, and pushed into the shadows.
Yet poverty is not a personal failure; it is a systemic failure ¨C a denial of dignity and human rights.
This year¡¯s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty calls on us all to stop the social and institutional maltreatment of people living in poverty ¨C and to honour the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals to eradicate poverty in all its forms, everywhere.
That requires policies that leave no one behind: affordable health care and housing; decent work and fair wages; universal social protection; food security; quality education; and financing that works for countries and communities.
On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let¡¯s reject stigma and discrimination. Let¡¯s stand with people living in poverty, and act with solidarity to end poverty for good.
Ant¨®nio Guterres
Poverty is not a personal failure; it is a systemic failure ¨C a denial of dignity and human rights.
Ant¨®nio Guterres