International Day of Persons with Disabilities
DATE
December 3, 2017
The theme for this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities is “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all”.
The 2030 Agenda pledges to “leave no one behind”. Persons with disabilities, as both beneficiaries and agents of change, can fast track the process towards inclusive and sustainable development and promote resilient society for all, including in the context of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action, and urban development. Governments, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, academic institutions and the private sector need to work as a “team” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).