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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Panel discussion on disability inclusive trade: a call for action
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Register for in-person participation HERE.Remote participation 
 is available using the following zoom link.In order to mark the Internatio
 nal Day of Persons with Disabilities\, the United Nations-sanctioned day t
 hat is celebrated internationally on 3 December\, the Permanent Missions o
 f Finland and South Africa\, in partnership with the Inter-Agency Technica
 l Working Group on Trade and Disability Inclusion and UN Women\, are organ
 ising a hybrid event to forward the work agenda on trade and disability in
 clusion issues.Persons with disabilities account for one in six adults wor
 ldwide\, yet this diverse group remains largely overlooked in internationa
 l trade discussions. Even more so\, the impact of international trade on p
 ersons with disabilities has been given little consideration in discussion
 s on ensuring inclusive trade. As such\, there is a need to integrate disa
 bility inclusion into these discussions\, drawing parallels with recent st
 rides made in mainstreaming gender into trade discussions and echoing the 
 imperative of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to &quot\;leave 
 no one behind”.The purpose of this hybrid event is to seek views from ke
 y stakeholders for this issue to become a fully integrated part of the glo
 bal trade agenda\, as well as further research that would support this pot
 ential inclusion. In particular\, the meeting seeks to increase the intere
 st among member States to include persons with disabilities on the trade a
 genda.This event represents a continuation of activities by the Inter-Agen
 cy Technical Working Group on Trade and Disability Inclusion\, following s
 ide events earlier this year at the Aid for Trade global review on 26th Ju
 ne and the WTO Public Forum on 11th September. This newly created Working 
 Group brings together Geneva-based international organizations to focus on
  integrating and enhancing disability inclusion within trade and developme
 nt agendas. The group established in early 2024 by UN Trade and Developmen
 t (UNCTAD)\, the International Trade Centre (ITC)\, the International Labo
 ur Organization (ILO)\, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).https://ilo
 -org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7SE8f2gyTw6L4GMgATLtBQ#/registration\n\nV
 iew meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/panel-discussion-dis
 ability-inclusive-trade-call-action
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