Highlights
50th session of the Commission for Social Development, 1-10 February 2012
Panel Discussion: Inclusion of Disability in Development Cooperation Policy and Programming.
Report of the Secretary General on Mainstreaming Disability in the Development Agenda (E/CN.5/2012/6)
43rd session of the Statistical Commission
Interactive panel discussion on “Disability data and statistics for inclusive development: next steps for action at global, regional and national levels".
56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Panel Discussion: Rural Women and Girls with Disabilities – Economic Empowerment and Political Participation
66th session of the General Assembly
See Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and reports of the Secretary-General (A/66/121 and A/66/128).
High-level meeting on disability and development, 23 September 2013
Convention in Brief
It’s About Ability - An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNICEF)
Latest developments
- Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention and its Optional Protocol
- Map of Signatures and Ratifications
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 110 ratifications
- 153 signatories
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 63 ratifications
- 90 signatories
- Mozambique ratified the Convention on 30-1-2012
- Macedonia (FYORM) ratified the Convention on 29-12-2011
- Myanmar ratified the Convention on 7-12-2011
- Luxembourg ratified the Optional Protocol on 26-9-2011
United Nations Enable Newsletter
Latest issue: January 2012
Key issues:
- MDGs and Disability
- Women and girls with disabilities
- Disability and statistics
- Disability and HIV/AIDS
- Mental Health and Development
- Disability, natural disasters and emergency situations
- Disability and Sports
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