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DSPD Focal Point on the Family organized an International Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on "Family Policy Development: Achievements and Challenges" at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 15 May 2015. The meeting focused on…
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The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families. The…
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “…
All over the world, countries are facing rapid urbanization. The proportion of the world’s urban population is expected to increase to approximately 57 per cent of the world’s population by 2050.2 Of the projected increase, 90 % will come from…
The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of DESA will coorganize with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) in Beirut, Lebanon, an Expert Group Meeting under the theme “Disability and development:…
4 April 2008
GENEVA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has warmly welcomed the news that Ecuador on Thursday became the 20th country to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with the result that…
During the major reconstruction that follows a large number of natural disasters, planners often miss opportunities to avoid recreating the exclusion of people with disabilities by adapting the design of the built environment. It is far more cost-…
This page has been prepared to provide information and updates on the Nepal earthquake of 25 April 2015 and the disability response and situation of persons with disabilities. Over 8 million people have been affected by the massive earthquake and…
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…
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AIDS and the Family began five years ago, as a background document for the United Nations General Assembly discussions on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family. Intended as short overview in support of the…