Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Minkara’s Travel to New York
World News

Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Minkara’s Travel to New York

Michael C

Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara will travel to New York City June 14, where she will observe the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Special Advisor Minkara will provide an intervention that Ambassador Lisa Carty, Representative of the United States of America to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and Alternate Representative of the United States to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will read on her behalf at a side event hosted by the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights and the International Disability Alliance.

Special Advisor Minkara will also meet with civil society and government officials to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities, share technical expertise and emphasize President Biden’s Executive Order on Increasing Access to High Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers , and the value that persons with disabilities bring to all sectors of society when fully included.

Follow Special Advisor Minkara on the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’s Facebook and Twitter @StateDRL and Instagram @usa_humanrights.

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].

Official news published at https://www.state.gov/special-advisor-on-international-disability-rights-minkaras-travel-to-new-york/

Politics - JISIP NEWS originally published at Politics - JISIP NEWS

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit Previous post Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit
United States Delivers Additional Equipment for the Haitian National Police and Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti Next post Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya Travels to Belgium

More News

U.S. Department of State Participates in the 19th Internet Governance Forum

Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Minkara’s Travel to New YorkRepresentatives from the U.S. Department of State, including Jennifer Bachus, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy; and Allison Peters, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; as well as Jaisha Wray, Assistant Administrator for the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will […]

Michael C

Amendment and Extension of the U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement (STA)

Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Minkara’s Travel to New YorkOn December 13, 2024, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) signed a protocol to amend the U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement (STA) and extend it for five years.  The STA provides consistent standards for U.S.-PRC bilateral government-to-government scientific cooperation.  This modernized and strengthened Agreement sustains intellectual property protections, establishes new guardrails […]

Michael C