UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st SESSION, ORAL STATEMENT BY GERASSIMOS D. ARSENIS ON BEHALF OF MARAGOPOULOS FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ITEM 3: SR ON EXTREME POVERTY. 12 SEPTEMBER 2012

We all agree now that eradicating extreme poverty is not only a moral duty but a legal obligation. Indeed, eradication of extreme poverty is a necessary precondition for human rights to exist, in real life. Our Foundation supported from the outset the Millennium Declaration which, inter alia, deals with the issue of poverty (articles 11, …