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2016 Calendar of Major Events

2015 ECOSOC High-Level Segment

19-21 January
International Expert Group Meeting on the theme “Indigenous Languages: Preservation and Revitalization (Articles 13, 14 and 16 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)

3-12 February
54th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD54)
Priority Theme: “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world”

20 February
World Day of Social Justice

March
Launch the World Youth Report

21 March
World Down Syndrome Day

2 April
World Autism Awareness Day

May
DESA/DSPD Forum on disability-inclusive humanitarian responses, in conjunction with World Humanitarian Summit

4-6 May
Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on the Second UN Decade for Poverty Eradication

9-20 May
Fifteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII15)
Special Theme: “Indigenous peoples: conflict, peace and resolution”

12-13 May
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Family policies and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

15 May
International Day of Families

June
PGA panel discuss on follow up to the High Level Meeting on Disability and Development

1-3 June
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on “Strategies for Eradicating Poverty to Achieve Sustainable Development for All”

13 June
International Albinism Awareness Day

 

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June 2016 marks the start of a year-long effort to promote the CRPD10

Celebrating 10 Years of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – CRPD10

14-16 June
Ninth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (COSP9)

15 June
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

July
International Day of Cooperatives

9 August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

12 August
International Youth Day

1 October
International Day of Older Persons

3 October
Special event on The imperative of inclusive development: who is being left behind?”

16 October
DESA/DSPD Forum on Accessible urban development and Disability inclusion [ in conjunction with Habitat III]

17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

November
Expert Group Meeting on Cooperatives

3 December
International Day of Persons with Disabilities

20 December
International Human Solidarity Day

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2015 Calendar of Major Events

Calendar of Current and Upcoming Conferences and Meetings

4-13 February
The priority theme this year is: “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world”

20 February 

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