UNICs promote UN issues

On 10 December 2007 the UNIC Moscow held a round-table on "Convention on the Rights of the Disabled: Towards its Ratification by Russia" together with the NGO "Perspectiva," as well as the World Bank Moscow Office and the Office of UN Resident Coordinator.

The discussion brought together around 70 participants and lasted almost five hours. It focused on the significance of the Convention and its fate in Russia.  

On Friday, 15 June 2007, a workshop on e-accessibility for disabled persons in Russia was held as a UN Country Team joint advocacy project in the context of the International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  

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On 30 November, the round table "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Towards a More Just Society", was held under the aegis of the UN Country Team/Russia, and it was organized by UNIC Moscow at the World Bank-Russia premises.

The UNIC closely coordinated with several local NGOs, which allowed us to engage quite a few prominent experts such as the legal expert of the disability NGO "Perspectiva", and advocates of the rights of persons with disabilities. Among them were several activists from Russia's provinces including the Siberian Buriatia.

On 17 August 2006 UNIC Nairobi organised a press conference to highlight the negotiations that have just got underway at the UN headquarters in New York on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The event was attended by 32 members of the local media and 34 organizations representing the disabled.

Addressing the assembled guests were Henry Wanyoike who won two Gold medals in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters races at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, journalist Evelyn Gucuhra, singer Paul Otieno Mbaya, known as “His Majesty, Mighty King Kong,” the Eve Sportsperson of the Year 2006, Mary Nakhumitsa, and the Chairperson of the Kenya National Paralympics Committee, Douglas Sidialo.