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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…
15 February 2017
Drawing attention challenges such as climate change, unemployment and inequality, confronting young people around the world, including in places where peace prevails, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today called for the youth to…
News | 13 February 2017
The President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly will organize the next consultation on the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions in relevant United Nations meetings on issues affecting them.
The two-day…
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…
News | 31 January 2017
This year’s observance of the International Day of Families focuses on the role of families and family-oriented policies in promoting education and overall well-being of their members. In particular, the Day is to raise awareness of the role of…
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…
23 January 2017
The new report of the Secretary-General on the "Third review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002" provides an analysis of the preliminary findings of the third review and appraisal exercise, including the…
News | 17 January 2017
The Focal Point on the Family in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the Department of Economic and Social affairs (UNDESA) organized an Expert Group Meeting on “Family policies and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda” held…
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…
News | 11 January 2017
Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions participated in the President of the general Assembly (71st Session) consultation on the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations 30 January 2017 to 1 February 2017.
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