Republic of Moldova

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Millennium Campaign  launched a new advertisement featuring football legend Zinedine Zidane encouraging governments and citizens to reach the 8 Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
The ad is being released to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty as well as the three days of mobilization organized by the Stand-Up Campaign16-18 October 2009. The text of the ad is below:
WILLPOWER, COMMITMENT, TEAMWORK

Zinedine Zidane has always set himself ambitious goals which, at the time, seemed unrealistic. However, one World Cup, one Golden Ball award and one European championship later, he has reached his goals thanks to his willpower, commitment and sense of teamwork.
Lifting 1.4 billion people from extreme poverty by 2015 and assuring each and everyone access to education and health are the new challenges that Zinedine intends to take up by encouraging governments and citizens to achieve the 8 Millennium Development Goals.

As a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Zinedine Zidane encourages you to join his team and take action against poverty now.
To know more about the MDG's and to know what you can do against poverty please visit:

• www.undp.org/mdg
• www.endpoverty2015.0rg
• www.standagainstpoverty.org  

For more information or to publish the ad please contact:
Aziyade Poltier-Mutal, e-mail: aziyade.poltier@undp.org, tel: + 41 22 917 83 68