‘We all must step up’ collective action on disability inclusion – UN deputy chief

Dec 08, 2019, at 05:35 pm

New York/IBNS: The international community has agreed truly ground-breaking frameworks to advance the rights of persons with disabilities, including in the context of development, but there remains a significant gap between these ambitions and the reality experienced daily by millions of persons with disabilities, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a conference in Doha on Saturday.

UN ‘determined to lead by example’ on disability rights: Guterres

Dec 04, 2019, at 10:21 am

New York/IBNS: The UN is determined to lead by example when it comes to the rights of people with disabilities, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on 3 December.

New Disability Inclusion Strategy is ‘transformative change we need’, says Guterres

Jun 12, 2019, at 09:17 am

New York, June 12 (IBNS): Disability inclusion is not only a fundamental human right, it is “central to the promise” of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the annual conference on the Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which began on Tuesday.

93 million children with disabilities ‘among the most likely to be left behind’: UN rights chief

Mar 05, 2019, at 10:16 am

New York, Mar 5 (IBNS): States should do more for an estimated 93 million children with disabilities who are “among the most likely to be left behind and the least likely to be heard”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Monday.

First-ever UN report on disability and development, illustrates inclusion gaps

Dec 04, 2018, at 08:49 am

New York, Dec 4 (IBNS): The United Nations launched its first-ever flagship report on disability and development on Monday; published by, for, and with, persons with disabilities, in the hopes of fostering more accessible, and disability-inclusive societies.

UN expert calls for concerted action to guarantee rights for persons with disabilities

Dec 14, 2016, at 03:03 pm

New York, Dec 14 (Just Earth News): Following the recent global commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday issued a warning that some of the most basic components of the convention have yet to be realized and that urgent steps are necessary to level inequalities.

‘Disability is not inability,’ says Ban, urging equal rights for all persons to achieve Global Goals

Jun 15, 2016, at 01:26 pm

New York, June 15 (Just Earth News):Marking the 10th anniversary of a United Nations treaty that protects the rights of persons with disabilities, senior UN officials on Tuesday highlighted the critical role people with disabilities play as invaluable partners to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.