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Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the Occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 教科文组织总干事伊琳娜·博科娃“消除贫穷国际日”致辞 Uniting all for peace, sustainability and dignity: breaking the vicious circle of poverty 团结起来，促进和平、可持续性与尊严：打破贫穷的恶性循环 17 October 2016 2016年10月17日 Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030 is an ambitious but achievable goal – the key to success rests on political determination, driven by solid knowledge about the causes, mechanisms and consequences of poverty. The possibility of achieving fast and sustained poverty eradication depends on our ability to work collaboratively. 在2030年以前消除全世界各种形式的贫穷，是一项雄心勃勃但却可以实现的目标，其成功的关键在于政治决心，由对贫穷的原因、机制和影响的充分了解所推动的政治决心。能否实现快速和可持续的消除贫穷，取决于我们开展合作的能力。 As measured by the 2016 Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index, 1.6 billion persons are identified today as poor. That staggering figure reveals levels of human deprivation far beyond what arbitrary income lines can capture. Poverty is about money, but never just about money, as underlined by UNESCO’s 2016 World Social Science Report. Better understanding of the relationships between income and other dimensions of poverty can help to empower people living in poverty as agents of change. | 
