Mlns `Stand Up and Speak Out` on Intl Day for Eradication of Poverty

Last year 23.5 million people took part across 12,000 events and this year we expected to break the record with millions more joining the growing global movement of people who refuse to stay seated or silent in the face of poverty and broken promises to end it.

Joining the press conference will be the following speakers:

Salil Shetty, Global Director, United Nations Millennium Campaign

Kumi Naidoo, Chair of the Global Call to Action against Poverty