UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appoints Mr. Stevie Wonder, an internationally celebrated musician, as the new UN Messenger of Peace at UN Headquarters.
Highlights
Third Conference of States Parties,
1 - 3 September 2010, New York, UNHQ
- Civil Society Forum, 31 August
- List of Side-events
65th Session of the General Assembly
Report of the Secretary-General: "Keeping the Promise: Realizing MDGs for Persons with Disabilities Towards 2015 and Beyond"
December 3, 2010: International Day of Persons with Disabilities:
"Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and beyond"
Expert Group Meeting on Accessibility
World Bank Headquarters
28 - 30 June 2010
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
- 146 signatories
- 90 ratifications
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 89 signatories
- 57 ratifications
- Latvia ratified the Optional Protocol on 31-8-2010
- Lithuania ratified the Optional Protocol on 18-8-2010
- Lithuania ratified the Convention on 18-8-2010
- Honduras ratified the Optional Protocol on 16-8-2010
Secretariat for the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol are serviced by a joint Secretariat, consisting of staff of both the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), based in New York, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. This Enable website is provided by DESA.