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Open Arria Formula Meeting: Situation of persons with disabilities in armed conflict
The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Cote D’Ivoire, Germany, Kuwait and Peru, and with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Disability Alliance will organize an Arria Formula meeting on the situation of persons with disabilities in armed conflict.
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FifteenPercent Exhibition, 3 December 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva
OHCHR in partnership with artist photographer, Christian Tasso, will hold an exhibition entitled “FifteenPercent” to be opened on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day
Do you know what spina bifida and hydrocephalus are? If you don’t, this is the perfect opportunity to learn, and if you do know these conditions, this will still be interest to you.
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World Federation of the Deafblind side-event: “Persons with deafblindness and inequalities: What the data say, what the reality is, and the road ahead”
Alongside the 20th Session of the CRPD, the World Federation of the Deafblind, in cooperation with Sense International and IDA and the financial support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UKaid, is hosting a side event on 14th September 2018, in Geneva, Palais des Nations Room XVII at 13.30-15.00.
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13th World Down Syndrome Congress, Glasgow
Glasgow is getting set to host the 13th World Down Syndrome Congress, a global event attended by over 1200 families and people with Down’s syndrome, as well as health care practitioners, education professionals and experts at the forefront of research and best practice in the care and development of people with the condition.