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26 January 2018
When one thinks of the work of the United Nations for persons with disabilities, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol usually come to mind. Adopted on 13 December 2006 and entered into force on 3…
News | 23 January 2018
The present report on the "Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes" is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 71/163. The report focuses on recent initiatives towards the…
News | 23 January 2018
The report on "Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes" is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 71/163. The focus of the report is the implementation of the objectives of the …
News | 23 January 2018
The 2018 annual observance of the International Day of Families with a theme “Families and inclusive societies” will explore the role of families and family policies in advancing Sustainable Development Goal 16 in terms of Promoting peaceful and…
16 January 2018
The ECOSOC Youth Forum, which has been held annually since 2012, will take place from the 30th to the 31st of January in New York under the title “The role of youth in building sustainable and resilient urban and rural communities”. The aim of the…
08 January 2018
In 2017, a number of ‘transformative’ initiatives were taken by the international community to make the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality by, for and with persons with disabilities.
The 2030 Agenda with the principle of “leaving no…
05 January 2018
Youth Flash is out with a new look! With a more user-friendly interface, readers are now able to search for news and publications from specific UN entities.
Readers are also able to look for articles through the introduction of keywords.
Tweets from…
Newsletter | 29 December 2017
Upcoming Events
Expert Group Meeting on Care and Older Persons: Links to Decent Work, Migration and Gender (5-7 December 2017, UNHQ NY)The UN focal point on ageing (UNDESA) is organizing an expert group meeting on “Care and Older Persons: Links to…
29 December 2017
Please send information on major international disability events, for possible inclusion in the list to enable@un.org
29 January – 7 February 201856th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) on “Strategies for the eradication of…
29 December 2017
Universal social protection is a potent development policy tool that can alleviate poverty, inequality and social exclusion. Few countries have been able to reduce poverty and improve living conditions on a broad scale without comprehensive social…
20 December 2017
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 29 January to 7 February 2018. The session will address the 2018 policy cycle’s priority theme “Strategies…
17 December 2017
UN WOMEN and UN DESA Focal Point on Ageing jointly held an interactive brown-bag on 7 December 2017 to discuss “Why we should care? About Long-term Care”.
In the context of rapid population ageing, long-term care (LTC) for older people has become…