Egypt's First Lady Entissar El Sisi saluted persons with disabilities, calling them "People of Determination" on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Friday.
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"Salute to all people of determination. You are Egypt’s heart and hope and the bright side in its future, as the world celebrates today the International Day of Persons with Disabilities," she posted on her official Facebook account.
The First Lady added that "This day is a sincere expression of the people of determination’s abilities and potential in challenge, will and resolve. They are the integral part of the fabric of this homeland."
When launching the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy in June 2019, the Secretary-General stated that the United Nations should lead by example and raise the Organization’s standards and performance on disability inclusion—across all pillars of work, from headquarters to the field.
The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the United Nations. Through the Strategy, the United Nations system reaffirms that the full and complete realization of the human rights of all persons with disabilities is an inalienable, integral and inpisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
In October 2021, the Secretary-General submitted his second report on steps taken by the UN system to implement the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy in 2020. Given the impact of the COVID-19 on persons with disabilities, the report also contains a brief reflection on disability-inclusive COVID-19 response and recovery.
"I urge all countries to fully implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, increase accessibility, and dismantle legal, social, economic and other barriers with the active involvement of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. People with disabilities—one billion people— are one of the most excluded groups in our society and are among the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities, according to the UN.
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