Highlights
8th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, 9 - 11 June 2015
NGO Registration, Application for NGO accreditation and Side-events opens on 27 March 2015.
3WCDRR Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan
Realizing a disability-inclusive post-2015 disaster risk reduction strategy
UN-DESA/DSPD Public Forum: Taking action toward a disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction framework and its implementation, 15 March, Tohoku University
Inclusion saves lives: Ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of disaster risk reduction efforts can save lives
Recent events:
World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April
World Down Syndrome Day, 21 March
Message of the UN Secretary-General
53rd Commission for Social Development, 4-13 February 2015
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development: Monitoring of the implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities ( E/CN.5/2015/5)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD 2014)
Theme: Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology
Find out more about the events that took place at UN Headquarters
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Mental Well-being, Disability and Disaster Risk Reduction, UNU Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan (27–28 November 2014)
Latest developments
- Ratifications and Signatures to the Convention and its Optional Protocol
- Map of Signatures and Ratifications
- Turkey ratified the Optional Protocol on 26-3-2015
- Marshall Islands ratified the Convention on 17-3-2015
- Viet Nam ratified the Convention on 5-2-2015
- Guinea-Bissau ratified the Convention on 24-9-2014
Convention
Ratifications/Accessions: 153
Signatories*: 159
Optional Protocol
Ratification/Accessions: 85
Signatories*: 92
(* Signatories include countries or regional integration organizations that have signed the Convention and its Optional Protocol)
United Nations Enable Newsletter
Latest issue: February-March 2015
February-March 2015 (Spanish) (NEW)
Archive of the Enable Newletter.
Key issues:
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and disability
- Women and girls with disabilities
- Data and statistics for inclusive development
- Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR)
- Disability, Accessibility and Sustainable Urban Development
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