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A third draft was released on the basis of the electronic consultation as well as existing UN reports on Indigenous Peoples’ participation in the United Nations, earlier responses to questionnaires on Indigenous peoples’ participation at the…
Regional training workshop on “Evidence-based policies on Youth Development in the Pacific” - organized by DESA in partnership with UNDP, The Commonwealth Secretariat, UN-Habitat, UNESCO, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Youth Council -…
9th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP), 14-16 June 2016, UN Headquarters.
The overarching theme of this year’s session is: “Implementing the 2030 development agenda for all persons with disabilities: Leaving no one behind”. Sub-…
International Albinism Awareness Day, 13 June
People with albinism face multiple forms of discrimination worldwide. Albinism is still profoundly misunderstood, socially and medically. The physical appearance of persons with albinism is often the…
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Opening Ceremony of Fifteenth Session UN Indigenous Forum
The term begins on 1 January 2017 and concludes on 31 December 2019.
According to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution 2000/22, the Permanent Forum consists of “…eight members…
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“United Nations, New York – 9 June 2016 – The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues concluded its 15th session (9-20 May 2016) with the adoption of a report, including recommendations for States, UN bodies and Indigenous Peoples. The report is…
UNDESA DSPD is organizing an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the priority theme of the fifty-fifth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD), from 1 to 3 June 2016 at UN Headquarters in New York. The Commission will focus on…
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FH2015 – Le Bourget, Samedi 12 septembre 2015. AGORA, grand forum “Protegeons le climat, changeons la societe”. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Photo Albert Facelly.
United Nations, New York, 7 June 2016 — Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an Indigenous Mbororo woman…
A new charter to significantly improve living conditions of persons with disabilities during emergencies has been endorsed at the Special Session on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities into Humanitarian Action of the United Nations…
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United Nations, 20 May 2016 — The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues concluded its 15th session today with the adoption of a report, including recommendations for States, UN bodies and Indigenous Peoples. The report adopted by the expert members…
Finland ratified the Convention and the Optional Protocol on 11 May 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 164 and total ratification of the Optional Protocol to 89.
Working towards universal…
The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is commemorated each year on 15 June to highlight the often silent suffering of the elder generation. The Day was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011, following a…