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30 December 2019
Despite recording efforts to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Member States’ national plans and policies, the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) also shed to light challenges in fully implementing the Agenda 2030.
In the period…
25 December 2019
Persons with disabilities remain less likely to attend school and complete primary education and more likely to be illiterate than persons without disabilities. Available data reveals that, on average, one in three children with disabilities of…
24 December 2019
The Report of the Secretary-General to the 58th session of the Commission for Social Development in 2020 provides an overview of the modalities for the fourth review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on…
23 December 2019
The occurrence and duration of emergencies, whether humanmade or natural disasters, have increased in the past years. Between 2008 and 2018 the number of crises receiving an international response grew from 12 to 22, and their average duration rose…
News | 20 December 2019
In accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution A/71/321, the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of UNDESA is conducting a survey in order to seek the input from Indigenous Peoples for the preparation of the report of the Secretary-…
18 December 2019
Member States today took note with appreciation of the 2018 UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development through two resolutions adopted in the General Assembly. The first resolution titled “Promoting social integration through social inclusion…
11 December 2019
Persons with disabilities have equal needs to access sexual and reproductive health-care services as those without disabilities and have similar requirements for family planning and childbirth. However, misperceptions about persons with disabilities…
10 December 2019
The Doha International Conference on Disability and Development was held on 7-8 December 2019, under the guidance and patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Founder of Qatar Foundation for Social Work and its affiliated civil society…
04 December 2019
Secretary-General Stresses Persons with Disabilities are Central to Achieving Promise of 2030 Agenda
Speakers in yesterday’s launch of the observance of the 2019 International Day of Persons with Disabilities - held at United Nations Headquarters in New York - stressed that the voices of persons with disabilities serve to make society more…
News | 03 December 2019
On 17 December, the President of the 74th session of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande convened a High-level event for the closing of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, in line with 2018 General Assembly…
01 December 2019
The Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and its Programme of Action have guided multilateral action on social development since 1995. Adopted at the World Summit on Social Development (WSDD) in Copenhagen in March 1995, the Declaration…
24 November 2019
The Doha International Conference on Disability and Development was held on 7-8 December 2019, under the guidance and patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Founder of Qatar Foundation for Social Work and its affiliated civil society…