UN Enable (formerly: UN Global Programme on Disability)

United Nations Enable
Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations, S-2906
New York, NY 10017

USA

Region Located 

Pan American (PAHO)

Telephone 

+1 917 367 5102

Email 

enable@un.org
http://www.un.org/disabilities/

Organisation Type 

multilateral organisation

Organisation Activities 

policy and planning

Target Group 

government; population: families; persons with disabilities; disabled people organisation (DPO)

UN Enable works to advance the rights of persons with disabilities in society and development, through key global instruments such as the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982), the Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1994) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), as well as other relevant human rights and development instruments.

 

 

Country Focus 

Regional Focus 

Worldwide