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BUILDING BACK BETTER A LIFE WITH DIGNITY: Message by Dr Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities
I am very pleased, as Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, to deliver this message as the Caribbean joins the rest of the world in observing this auspicious day, 3 December 2020, International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The commemoration of this day has its underpinnings in the Convention on the Rights…
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Message by Dr Floyd Morris, CARICOM Special Rapporteur on Disability to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Once again, the world is recognizing the International Day for Persons with Disabilities as designated by the United Nations. It is a time that the world is required to celebrate the achievements of persons with disabilities, whilst at the same time, recognizing the major challenges that the over 1 billion citizens who are living with diverse types of disabilities are…
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