83^3d ICA International Co-operative Day
11^th UN International Day of Cooperatives
(2 July 2005)

"Microfinance is OUR business! Cooperating out of poverty"

ICA Message

• ICA Co-operative Day Message (pdf)
• Message de l'Alliance Coopérative Internationale ACI (Français) (pdf)
• Mensaje de la Alianza Cooperativa Internacional ACI (Español) (pdf)

ICA message translated by its members

• Missatge de l'Aliança Cooperativa Internacional (Catalan) (pdf) -- provided by Fundació Roca i Galès (Spain)
• Kansainvälisen Osuustoimintaliiton ICA:n tiedote (Finnish) (pdf) -- provided by PELLERVO Confederation of Finnish Co-operatives
• Messaggio dell’Alleanza Cooperativa Internazionale (Italian) (pdf) -- provided by CONFECOOPERATIVE (Italy)
• (Japanese) (pdf) -- provided by JA-Zenchu (Japan)
• Mensagem da Aliança Cooperativa Internacional (Portuguese) (pdf) -- provided by the Organization of Brazilian Co-operatives OCB.

Messages from United Nations Organisations and other COPAC members

• Message from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (pdf -- html)
• Message from the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) E-F-S
• Message from the Director-General of the International Labour Office ILO (pdf) E-F-S
• Message of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (pdf)

ICA Member Messages

• Message from the Croatian Association of Co-operatives, Croatia (pdf)
• Mensaje del Presidente de la Confederación Uruguaya de Cooperatives (CUDECOOP), Uruguay (pdf)

Poster from the Co-operative Movement of El Salvador for International Day of Co-operatives


Poster from Argentina (artist: Florencia Chab)