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4 January: World Braille Day
4 to 13 February: 53rd Commission for Social Development
25 to 27 February: 4th Zero Project Conference, Vienna
9 to 20 March: 59th Commission on the Status of Women
14 to 18 March: 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)
15 March: DESA/DSPD Forum on Disability and Development: Taking Action in New Partnership towards a Disability-inclusive Global Disaster Risk Reduction Framework and its implementation at WCDRR
18 March: 6th Annual National Disability Summit 2015, Melbourne, Australia
21 March: World Down Syndrome Day
NB: Event at UNHQ will be held on Friday, 20 March
25 March to 17 April: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Thirteenth session
2 April: World Autism Awareness Day
20 April to 1 May: 14th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
7 to 8 May: Meeting of the Inter-Agency Support Group for the CRPD (IASG)
16 to 17 May: World Disability Union General Assembly
18 to 19 May: Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
26 to 28 May: 2nd Saudi International Exhibition for People with Disability Requirements "Diaa Expo"
9 to 11 June: Eight session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
6 to 9 July: 6th International Conference on Disabilities - Unity & Diversity in Action
25 July to 2 August: Special Olynmpics World Games 2015, Los Angeles
28 to 31 July: TRANSED 2015 -The 14th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
28 July to 1 August: XVII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf
17 August to 4 September: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Fourteenth session
9 to 11 September: Asia Pacific Autism Conference, Brisbane, Australia
8 October: World Sight Day
10 October: World Mental Health Day
27 October: Toward the full realization of an inclusive and accessible United Nations for persons with disabilities, Panel Discussion hosted by the Permanent Missions of Antigua & Barbuda, Brazil, Italy, Poland, Republic of Korea, and Tanzania to the United Nations, co-sponsored by DESA and OHCHR, from 1:15 to 2:30 pm, Conference Room 8, UN Headquarters, New York.
28 - 30 October: DESA/DSPD Forum on Disability and Development: Disability Inclusion and Accessible Urban Development, Nairobi, Kenya
28 October: Event: Business Charter on Disability: Network Global Meeting
3 December: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
10 December: Human Rights Day
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