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Press Release: IDA Board Meeting, 13-15 July 2013
After adopting its new statutes and internal rules, the International Disability Alliance held its first Board meeting in New York from 13-15 July 2013, the days before the Civil Society CRPD Forum and the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD. The meeting was attended by the full IDA Board, composed of the Chairs or Chairs’ nominees of all of its twelve member organisations.
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IDA Press Release: New WIPO Treaty, 27 June 2013
Geneva 1 July 2013 – Last week (27 June 2013), a new historic treaty was adopted in Marrakesh under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to boost access to books for the benefit of hundreds of millions of people who are blind, visually impaired and print-disabled.
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UNICEF Report on The State of the Worlds Children 2013
30 May 2013- The International Disability Alliance welcomes the report by UNICEF on the State of the World's Children 2013 as launched today in Vietnam. The situation of children with disabilities has long been a priority to the disability movement and organizations worldwide.
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IDA Press Release: Meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 23 May 2013
Geneva, 24 May 2013 - The meeting was held yesterday between Ms. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Chair of IDA, Mr. Yannis Vardakastanis, to discuss ways in which to increase the mainstreaming of the rights of persons with disabilities within the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).