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Seminar on Poverty and Human Rights — A Challenge for Us All 21 May 2013 , Elizabeth Rose Hall UNU-ISP, together with the Center for Human Rights Education and Training and the Japan Association for United Nations Studies, is organizing a seminar on “Poverty and Human Rights — A Challenge for Us All” on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, at 16:00-18:00. The keynote speaker is Dr. Donald Lye Poh Lee, Chair of the International Committee for October 17, which is the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This seminar will give special focus to the human rights dimension of the extreme poverty under which tens of millions of people are forced to live. The keynote address by Dr. Donald Lye Poh Lee, will be followed by short comments from Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa and Ms. Kazuko Ito