10/11/2010 Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Strasbourg, 10.11.2010 – The Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be holding a hearing in Paris on 15 November on “Combating poverty”, in connection with the preparation of a report on this subject by Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD).
The discussion will provide an overview of poverty in Europe and efforts to combat it and will establish a link between poverty and social exclusion. The specific case of child poverty will be considered. Among the participants expected at the hearing are a representative of the Movement ATD Fourth World, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Health, the Director of the Child Poverty Action Group (from the United Kingdom), and a representative of Caritas Europe.
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The hearing, which will take place on Monday 15 November from 2 to 4.30 pm at the Council of Europe Office (55 avenue Kléber, Paris 16e, Métro: Boissière), is open to the press.
Contact: PACE Communication Division, tel. +33(0)3 88 41 31 93