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High-level meetings of the 68th Session of the General Assembly

Disability and development -"The way forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond", 23 September 2013

Coverage of the event

Outcome Document

• Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond [A/68/L.1]

Statements

• H.E. Mr. John William Ashe, President of the General Assembly
• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General
• Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Mr. Stevie Wonder, Award-winning songwriter and musician, United Nations Messenger of Peace
• Mr. Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum

All statements, as well as additional information on the programme and other related documents are available on the PaperSmart platform.

Videos

• Opening of the High-Level-Meeting on Disability and Development
• Stevie Wonder
• Closing of the High-Level-Meeting on Disability and Development

Press materials

• Press release
• Summary of the event

Additional Information

• Programme
• Backgrounder
• Secretariat of the Convention, "Enable"