Enable Newsletter April - May 2015

The United Nations Enable Newsletter is prepared by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DSPD/DESA) with input from UN offices, agencies, funds and programmes, as well as from civil society organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities. It is also available online at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/.

In this issue:

- Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- News from UN Headquarters
- News from UN agencies
- DiDRR – Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction
- Calendar of events
- Other news