International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December: Millennium Development Goals and Persons with Disabilities

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) will be
commemorated on 3 December.

The theme for this year promotes the
empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities through the
MDGs. The Day provides an opportunity to mobilize action to achieve the
primary goal of full and equal enjoyment of human rights and participation
in society by persons with disabilities. Include! Organize! Celebrate! Take
Action! If you are commemorating the International Day of Persons with
Disabilities in your community and would like to share an innovative idea
that includes other stakeholders, such as your Government, a UN agency, an
NGO/DPO or a community, please let the UN know about it. They will showcase the
idea. Find out more at:
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1484.

Millennium Development Goals and Persons with Disabilities

Currently, there are no references to persons with disabilities either in
the MDGs themselves or in the accompanying body of guidelines and policies,
programmes and conferences that are part of the on-going MDG efforts.  In
addition, the new revisions of the MDGs currently in process do not include
persons with disabilities. Earlier this year, a United Nations Expert Group
Meeting worked to develop a "roadmap" for how the achievement of the MDGs
could benefit persons with disabilities. Read the report of the Expert
Group Meeting and summary to find out more:
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1470.