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At the conference room of the United Nations in New York, Heba Hagrass is center stage on the microphone. She's a white woman with short and light hair and uses a wheelchair. Behind her, at the highest part of the stage, are a man and two women sitting.

Heba Hagrass : the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in the Sustainable Development Goals one of my thematic priorities

In her speech at the opening session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP-17), Heba Hagrass stated: “I look forward with hope to the summit of the future and the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in the Sustainable Development Goals as one of […]

Gerard Quinn addressing the Conference of the State Parties

COSP 15: Ending the invisibility of persons with disabilities

In his opening remarks at this year’s CoSP, Gerard Quinn explained the role that people with disabilities are called to play in this most challenging times of humanity.

Gerard Quinn speaks at the opening of COSP 13

New ideas must reach the small places where people live.

December 3, 2020

In presenting his vision to carry out his mandate, the new Special Rapporteur described a work agenda focused primarily on systems change.