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At its fifteenth session in May 2016, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommended that the Economic and Social Council authorized an international expert group meeting to discuss the role of the Permanent Forum, as well as the other…
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4 January: World Braille Day*
8 February: International Epilepsy Day*
21 March: World Down…
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Comunicado sobre la violencia suscitada en la comunidad Shuar de Nankints, Ecuador, por el Sr. Álvaro Pop Ac, Presidente del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas
22 de diciembre de 2016
Como Presidente del Foro Permanente de las Naciones…
The Commission for Social Development, in preparation for its Fifty-fifth session (1-10 February 2017) has released a report in the Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the…
Holiday Greetings from the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SCRPD)!
There are a number of reasons to celebrate 2016 as a momentous year for advancement of the rights, well-being and perspectives of persons…
On 10 February 2015, the Commission for Social Development adopted resolution 53/1 on policies and programmes involving youth, in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its fifty-fifth session, a comprehensive report…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ratified the Convention on 9 December 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 172.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) ratified the Convention on 7 December 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 171.
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Samoa ratified the Convention on 2 December 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 170.
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The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues invites all Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations and institutions to complete the following questionnaire on any action, taken or planned, related to the…
Belarus ratified the Convention on 29 November 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 169.
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