Calendar of Events - Social Policy and Development Division

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27-29 January 2015
Expert Group Meeting: Dialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

4-13 February

53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD)

The priority theme this year is: "Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world"

20 February
The World Day of Social Justice

20 April - 1 May
Fourteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

15 May
International Day of Families

19-20 May
Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening Social Development in the Contemporary World

27-29 May
Expert Group Meeting on the Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008 – 2017)

29 May
High-Level Event to mark the 20th Anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth

9-11 June
Eight Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (COSP8)

15 June

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

6 July

International Day of Cooperatives

7-9 July 2015
Expert Group Meeting on Global ageing and the data revolution - the way forward in the post-2015 environment

9 August
International Day of the World's Indigenous People

12 August
International Youth Day

1 October

International Day of Older Persons

13 October
International Day for Disaster Reduction

17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

3 December

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

10 December
Human Rights Day

20 December
International Human Solidarity Day

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