Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, the Honorary Human Development Ambassador for UNDP, the United Nations Development Programme commemorates on 17 October 2002, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and Ten Years of Partnership between the Global Environment Facility/ Small Grants Programme and the local communities in Jordan.
In addition to officials, diplomats and donor agency representatives in Amman, the event will be attended by representatives of non-governmental organizations from all parts of the country who will also be exhibiting their products
The core of UNDP’s mission is eliminating poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015. With one out of five of the world’s people living on less than a dollar a day and 56 percent of the developing world lacking the most basic sanitation, achieving this goal has never been more critical.
This year's theme "Working Together for a Better Environment" is in support of Millennium Development Goal #7 - Ensuring environment sustainability.