Celebrities from across the globe join the Campaign to say "No Excuses, Promises Must be Kept."

To raise awareness on the world's commitment to end poverty, the United Nations Millennium Campaign has produced a global media initiative entitled "Only with your Voice". 

• Click on the pictures to Watch the clips featuring celebrities from across the world calling upon the world's 6 billion voices to join their voices and remind our governments that they must live up to their promise to end poverty once and for all.
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Shakira, Singer-Songwriter,        Colobmia	Richard Gere, Actor, United      States	Alyssa Milano, Actress,               United States
Youssou N' Dour, Singer,              Senegal	Jane Goodall, Animal Rights      Campaigner, United Kingdom	Angelique Kidjo, Singer, Benin
Gentleman, Reggae Singer,         Germany	Carlinhos Brown, Musician,         Brazil	Wir Sind Helden, Pop Band,         Germany
Lenny Kravitz, Rock Star,             United States	Keisha Castle-Hughes,                 Actress, New Zealand	Michael Douglas, Actor,                United States
Paz Vega, Actress,                         Spain	Vijay Amritraj, Tennis player    and actor, India	Dr. Elie Wiesel,                                Nobel Laureate , Author,               Philanthropist, United States
Los Tigres Del Norte, Norteno      Band, Mexico	A.R. Rahman, Composer,           India	Jesse L. Martin, Actor, United      States

A billion people worldwide still survive on less than a dollar a day. Could you? Probably not, so why expect others to do so? Is anybody doing anything to end poverty and make the world a better and safer place for all? The answer is yes!

At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 Heads of State and Governments, promised to work together to make a better world for all by 2015. On behalf of their people, they signed the Millennium Declaration, promising to "free men, women and children from the dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty". 8 Millennium Development Goals were adopted, committing rich and poor countries to work together in a global partnership to end extreme poverty and hunger, ensure that all boys and girls complete primary school, promote gender equality, improve the health of mothers and children, reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, and protect the environment.

With all the money, technology and know-how the world has at its disposal, this should not be a problem, should it? So why are still today 1.2 billion people surviving on less than one dollar a day, over 11 million children under the age of five dying each year from preventable diseases, and 7,000 young people contracting HIV/AIDS every single day? Quite simple: a lack of political will to make the goals a reality.