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RI Newsletter November 2024 Issue

9 January 2025

Dear Members of Rehabilitation International, dear friends and partners of Rehabilitation International, and all interested readers, This is the first Edition of the Rehabilitation International Newsletter during my term of office as president of RI global....

Theresa May’s legacy drive gives boost to Britain’s 14 mln disabled

25 July 2019 | Recent Reports

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May launched a big drive Tuesday to tackle barriers faced by Britain's 14 million disabled people. In what is seen as one of May's legacy initiatives following her resignation last month, the outgoing PM unveiled a new package of...

UN Security Council adopts resolution on protection of disabled people in armed conflict

25 July 2019 | Recent Reports

The Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, including those with disabilities. Resolution 2475, which won unanimous support of the 15-member council, urges all parties to armed conflict to take measures to...

Zhang Haidi meets with President-elect of UN GA H.E. Professor Bande

11 July 2019 | Recent Reports, RI In The News

During the meeting with the UN GA president-elect, H.E. Professor Bande, Mme. Haidi extended her sincere congratulations on winning the election of the presidency of the next UN GA and said that RI applaud Prof. Bande for making poverty,...

Zhang Haidi meets UNGA President Espinosa Garcés

4 July 2019 | Recent Reports, RI In The News

Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International met H.E. María Fernanda EspinosaGarcés, president of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in Beijing on June 20. Zhang welcomed the visit of Espinosa’s team stating that the United Nations (UN) has devoted...

Rehabilitation International Asia & Pacific Regional Conference 2019

3 July 2019 | Recent Reports

Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific Regional Conference held in Macau SAR, China, from 26 to 28 June 2019, and hosted by the Fu Hong Society of Macau SAR, China. The theme of Rehabilitation International Asia Pacific Conference 2019 was "...

12th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD

3 July 2019 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Position paper, Press Releases, Recent Reports, RI In The News

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States...

The University of Rehabilitation inaugurated in East China

12 June 2019 | Recent Reports

Construction on the University of Rehabilitation, a higher education institution designed for cultivating rehabilitation talent, formally began on June 11th with an inauguration ceremony in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. The proposal of construction on the...

Lima 2019: Diego Quispe thankful to Para sports

31 May 2019 | Recent Reports

Peruvian powerlifter Diego Quispe knows the Parapan American Games will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to compete at a major international Para sport competition on home soil in Lima. But beyond his sporting performance, the 20-year-old is excited by the...

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