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The Permanent Mission of Greece to UN, in cooperation with the European Parliament, convened a side event on the occasion of COSP16
on
“Building up a Disability-Inclusive Democracy: Innovative parliamentary policies and structures to advance rights for persons with disabilities”
(Thursday, 15 June 2023, 1.15pm-2.30pm, CR4 UNHQ)
From Monday 12 June to Thursday 15 June, a joint delegation of 7 MEPs, representing EMPL, LIBE and PETI committees, led by Dragoş PÎSLARU MEP (EMPL Chair), attended the 16th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the COSP CRPD) that took place at the United Nations Headquarters, New York.
The delegations spearheaded the first-of-its-kind side event at the UN, co-organised by the European Parliament and the Permanent Mission of Greece to UN, with the participation of the Permanent Representative of Greece to UN, Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, entitled “Building up a disability-inclusive democracy: innovative parliamentary policies and structures to advance rights for persons with disabilities.”
The event featured speakers from the Parliaments of Georgia and Chile, whereas the exchange of views that followed featured the Irish and Ghanaian MPs as well as minister of Congo, besides the Members of the European Parliament. The MEPs stressed the importance of parliamentary monitoring and supervision in the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities, while working together at the EU level with Commissioner Helena Dalli as Team Europe, to which important advances have been made in the past year and were reflected in the good cooperation at and around COSP16 this week, notably.
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Source: Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN