Over 38 Million People break Guinness World Record for Stand Up Speak Out on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

18 October, 2007: Over 38.7 million people, in 110 countries have broken the Guinness World Record - set last year at 23.5 million - for the largest number of people to "STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY" in 24 hours.

Ukraine for the first time joined "STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY". On 17th October 4926 people in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Khmelnitsky and Slavutych, Borodyanka, Ivankiv stood up simultaneously and supported the global movement against poverty. More details and photo report is available at http://www.un.org.ua/en/standup/ .

The "Stand Up and Speak Out" record attempt took place over 16^th and 17^th October. The challenge saw millions of people physically and intentionally standing up against poverty, inequality and in support of the Millennium Development Goals.  They spoke out to demand a more urgent political response to the growing crisis of global poverty.

UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, Francis O'Donnell stated «Eradicating poverty and inequality is the strategic goal of all countries in the world. No one should stand aside of these problems because only by addressing these challenges our world becomes better place for living of all people". "And it's great that Ukraine has joined this year the global movement against poverty", he continued.

‘Stand Up' regional overview of World record numbers:

Africa: 7,473,057

Arab Region: 2,546,885

Asia: 27,612,061

Europe: 144,931

Latin America & Caribbean: 734,105

North America: 109,828

Oceania: 117,333