Due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and public health concerns, and with the consent of the Rehabilitation International Executive Committee members, the Rehabilitation International Centennial Celebrations, planned to take place on December 1st to...
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RI Global Press Release: RI Global Attends “Friends of CRPD” Working Breakfast at Mission of Korea to the UN
19 August 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 This morning, RI was one of only two disability organizations invited to the "Friends of CRPD Working Breakfast" hosted by ECOSOC President and COSP Bureau Chair Ambassador Oh Joon, held at the...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Sets Sail on World’s First Accessible Catamaran for Wheelchair Users
16 August 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Yesterday, RI Treasurer Susan Parker set sail on the only accessible catamaran for wheelchair users in the world alongside persons with disabilities and their families. The decks of "The...
RI Global Media Alert: Join Team RI and UN at the Disability Pride Parade
10 July 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 On Sunday, 12 July 2015, the first-ever Disability Pride NYC Parade will take place in New York City. The day will be a celebration of people with disabilities and the 25th Anniversary of the...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Colombia to expand network
6 July 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 RI Colombia organized a meeting with various stakeholders in Bogota on June 25, 2015 to explore possibilities of expanding the current network to include more members so they can play a more...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Participates in Governance, Transparency and Accountability Workshop at UN HQ
18 June 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Rehabilitation International is among the disability organizations taking part in the two-day workshop on Governance, Transparency and Accountability: Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS)...
RI Global Save the Date: 2015 Annual General Assembly
17 June 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 The following is a message from RI Global Secretary-General Venus Ilagan regarding the upcoming General Assembly: Dear RI Colleagues, Greetings from the Secretariat in New York. This is to...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Participates in CoSP8
12 June 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Rehabilitation International participated very actively in the 2015 Annual Conference of States Parties (CoSP8) on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) held...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Meets with Chief of the Secretariat for the UN CRPD
8 June 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 RI President Jan Monsbakken and Secretary General Venus Ilagan met with Ms. Akiko Ito, Chief of the Secretariat for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), to...
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