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- DESA/DSPD Forum: Towards a Disability Inclusive and Accessible New Urban Agenda (14 June, 2016, 1.15 to 3.00 p.m., Conference room 7, UNHQs New York)
- DESA/DSPD Forum on Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Response (22 May, 2016, 1.00 to 5.00 p.m., Istanbul Technical University Taşkışla Campus, Istanbul) [Concept Note]
- DESA/DSPD Forum on Disability Inclusion and Accessible Urban Development (28 - 30 October, 2015, Nairobi, Kenya)
- 8th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
- Part I: Accessible and Inclusive Urban Development, 11 June 2015, 1.15 to 2.30 p.m., CR.6, UN Headquarters.
- Part II: Operationalizing the post-2015 development agenda for persons with disabilities, 12 June 2015, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., CR.4.
- UN-DESA/DSPD Public Forum in Sendai: Taking action toward a disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction framework and its implementation, 15 March 2015, Tohoku University.
- Roundtable Discussion on Disability–Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, 11 June 2014, 1:15-3:00 p.m., UN Headquarters, New York, by UNDESA and Government of Japan.
- Roundtable Discussion on Financial Inclusion for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: A Disability Perspective,13 June 2014, 10:00 a.m.-12 p.m., UN Headquarters, New York, by UNDESA and Government of Korea. (Flyer)
- DESA/PACRIM Forum on Accessible Tourism for Inclusive and Sustainable Development, Hawaii on 17 May 2014, by UNDESA in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Rim Conference on Disability and Diversity and University of Hawaii.
- Dialogue on the Post 2015 Development Framework and Disability, 19 to 20 July 2013, UN Headquarters, New York.
What are DESA DSPD Forums on Disability and Development? The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has long committed to advancing inclusive, equitable and sustainable development. The DESA Forum on Disability and Development – an initiative of the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD/DESA) - aims to contribute to this objective, through facilitating policy dialogues, exchange of expertise, good practices and solutions, innovative ideas on inclusive development, and through promoting international cooperation and partnerships. The first DESA Forum was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 19 to 20 July 2013, under the theme “Dialogue on the post-2015 Development Framework and Disability.”. It featured a high-level policy dialogue on issues and opportunities for including disability in the emerging post 2015 development agenda as well as panel discussions on pertinent issues. Ongoing, DESA/DSPD Forums are held in conjunction with annual sessions of the Conference of State Parties to the CRPD and also along with key regional and international conferences and meetings.
Documents and resources for reference
- UN resolutions and reports:
- Resolution: High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/66/124)
- Resolution: Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond (A/RES/65/186)
- Rio +20 Outcome Document references to persons with disabilities and the full text of Rio +20 outcome "The future we want"
- Report of the Secretary-General: The way forward: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond (A/68/95)
- Report of the Secretary-General: Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond (A/67/211)
- Report of the Secretary-General: Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities (A/66/128)
- Report of the Secretary-General: Keeping the Promise: Realizing MDGs for Persons with Disabilities Towards 2015 and Beyond (A/65/173)
- Note by the UN Secretariat to the 46th session of the Commission for Social Development, Mainstreaming disability in the development agenda, (E/CN.5/2008/6)
- Other resources on the following thematic issues:
- Mainstreaming Disability into Development policy and practices
- Disability and the Millennium Development Goals: A Review of the MDG Process and Strategies for Inclusion of Disability Issues in Millennium Development Goal Efforts, UNDESA (2011)
- Baseline review on mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities into UN Country Level Programming, UNDESA (2010)
- Best practices for including persons with disabilities in all aspects of development efforts, UNDESA publication (2011)
- Barclay launches Return on Disability ETNs
- Post-2015 Development Goals
- UN Expert Group Meeting on a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond, UNDESA and UNU (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2 to 4 May 2013)
- “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development,” Report of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (2013)
- Panel Discussion: Toward a disability-inclusive post-2015 development framework: Regional perspectives , (February 2013, United Nations Headquarters, New York)
- Realizing the Future We Want for All. Report of the UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Accessibility and Sustainable and Inclusive development
- Disability Inclusion and in disaster reduction frameworks
- Synthesis report on consultations on the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction (HFA2), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 2013.
- Disability, Natural Disasters and emergency situations, UNDESA
- UN Expert Group Meeting on Building Inclusive Society and Development Through Promoting ICT Accessibility: Emerging Issues and Trends (Tokyo Japan, 19-21 April 2012)
- Mainstreaming Disability into Development policy and practices