UN Human Rights Commissioner releases video celebrating Keralam’s achievement in eliminating extreme poverty

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has released a video celebrating Keralam declaring itself free from extreme poverty. The short video made by the OHCHR office and made available on its YouTube channel was formally released at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

The animated video is part of the observation of the 40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted on December 4, 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av_DxJdHduU https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/how-kerala-eradicated-extreme-poverty/article70220954.ece Keralam was declared free from extreme poverty at a special session of the Assembly on the occasion of ‘Kerala Piravi’ on November 1, 2025, following a five-year long process during the tenure of the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.