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Newsletter from IDA Secretariat | 22 March 2018
IN THIS EDITION:
1. Highlights
2. Treaty bodies review, Geneva 2017-2018
3. SDGs monitoring process
4. UN system, agencies and mechanism
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Celebrating the Life of Stephen Hawking
The International Disability Alliance is celebrating the life of Stephen Hawking, the English theoretical physicist known for his work in relativity and quantum mechanics.
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The UN CRPD Committee Closes its 19th Session
After almost 4 weeks of hard work from the Committee members, the CRPD Committee Secretariat, Organisations of Persons with Disabilities, Civil Society Organizations, and IDA, among others, the 19th session of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has come to an end.
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Call for DPO Participants to the UK Global Disability Summit, 24 July 2018
The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Government of Kenya and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) will co-host the UK’s first Global Disability Summit in July 2018. The Global Disability Summit is an opportunity to build on the current momentum on disability inclusive development. It provides a platform to secure financial and political commitments by national governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, the private sector and civil society organisations.
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First Consultation for the Draft of the HLPF 2018 Official Submission Paper
The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities invite you to provide your comments to the first draft of the submission paper prepared on behalf of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities to the HLPF. The paper is titled “Safe, Sustainable and Resilient Societies and the Inclusion and Leadership of Persons with Disabilities.”