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08 June 2017
Fiji ratified the Convention on 07 June 2017, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 174.
Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:
Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention and its Optional…
07 June 2017
The tenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (COSP10) will take place from 13 to 15 June 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York.
The overarching theme of COSP10 is “The Second Decade of the CRPD: Inclusion and full participation of…
18 April 2017
APPLICATION FOR NEW NGO ACCREDITATION TO THE CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CRPD CLOSED ON 5 MAY 2017.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006.…
30 March 2017
Suriname ratified the Convention on 29 March 2017, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 173.
Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:
Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention and its …
28 February 2017
The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017 under the priority theme: "Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work".…
27 February 2017
The Human Rights Council (HRC) holds its thirty fourth regular session from 27 February to 24 March 2017, at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. Follow all official sessions at webtv.un.org, and on Twitter #HRC34 .
The programme of work includes…
22 February 2017
Are you a young person with a disability? Are you passionate about the rights of people with disabilities?
The annual sessions of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP) are held at UN…
10 February 2017
In Africa, as in other regions, persons with disabilities are disproportionately likely to live in poverty and, too often, lack access to education, health care, employment opportunities, housing, social protection systems, justice, cultural…
07 February 2017
Persons with disabilities and disabilities and disability issues were featured at the fifty-fifth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) is currently ongoing at UN Headquarters in New York from 1 to 10 February 2017. The priority…
30 January 2017
The fifty-fifth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) will hold a high-level panel discussion on "Leaving No One Behind: Poverty and Disability" at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 3 February 2017.
The work of the…
13 January 2017
The first UN World Data Forum will be hosted by Statistics South Africa from 15 to 18 January 2017, with support from the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, under the guidance of the United Nations Statistical…