NO DIA 17 DE OUTUBRO DE 1994, CIDADÃOS DEFENSORES DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS REUNIRAM-SE NESTE LOCAL. PRESTARAM HOMENAGEM ÀS VITÍMAS DA FOME, DA IGNORANCIA E DA VIOLÊNCIA. AFIRMARAM A SUA CONVICÇÃO DE QUE A POBREZA NÃO É FATAL.

PROCLAMARAM A SUA SOLIDARIEDADE COM OS QUE LUTAM ATRAVÉS DO MUNDO PARA A ELIMINAR.

"ONDE A PESSOA HUMANA ESTA CONDENADA A VIVER NA MISÉRIA, OS DIREITOS HUMANOS SÃO VIOLADOS. LINIR-SE PARA OS FAZER RESPEITAR É UM DEVER SAGRADO
P. JOSEPH WRESINSK

REPLICA DE LAPIDE INAUGURADA EM PARIS A 17 DE OUTUBRO DE 1987.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on October 17. This plaque was erected on that day in 1994.

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Translation of the text on the cover:
ON OCTOBER 17, 1994, CITIZENS DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS GATHERED AT THIS SPOT. THEY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF HUNGER, IGNORANCE, AND VIOLENCE. THEY AFFIRMED THEIR CONVICTION THAT POVERTY IS NOT FATAL.

THEY PROCLAIMED THEIR SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE FIGHTING ACROSS THE WORLD TO ELIMINATE IT.

"WHEREVER MEN AND WOMEN ARE CONDEMNED TO LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED. TO COME TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THESE RIGHTS BE RESPECTED IS OUR SOLEMN DUTY."

FATHER JOSEPH WRESINSK

REPLICA OF A TOMBSTONE INAUGURATED IN PARIS ON OCTOBER 17, 1987.