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21 March 2016
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By adopting the ambitious and universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…
18 March 2016
The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 March 2016. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (…
10 February 2016
On Thursday, 21 April 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the President of the UN General Assembly H.E. Mogens Lykketoft will convene a High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support prompt…
10 February 2016
Sri Lanka ratified the Convention on 8 February 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 162.
Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:
Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention and its …
08 February 2016
Persons with disabilities, when compared to the general population, face higher risks in conflict situations and natural disasters. Research shows that the mortality rate among persons with disabilities tends to be two to four times higher than…
11 January 2016
The Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) is the focal point on developing a global indicator framework for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the corresponding targets. The IAEG-SDGs…
11 January 2016
The 54th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD54) will take place from 3 to 12 February 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the priority theme “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary…
08 January 2016
The lack of data and information on disability and the situation of persons with disabilities at the national level contributes to the invisibility of persons with disabilities in official statistics, presenting an obstacle to achieving development…
07 January 2016
The UN Enable Newsletter is prepared by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SCRPD), in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs…
15 December 2015
We participants gathered at the UNDESA Forum on Disability Inclusion and Accessible Urban Development, which was co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and UN Habitat in Nairobi from 28 to 30 October 2015, and in conjunction…
01 November 2015
Theme for 2015: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities
The estimated one billion people living with disabilities worldwide face many barriers to inclusion in many key aspects of society. As a result, people with…
22 October 2015
World leaders recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development agenda committing to making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe and sustainable.
In October 2016, the Third Global Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development (…