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3428365-59690002279015-5969000Civil Society Global ForumRealising an Inclusive Post-2015 Development AgendaMonday 8 June 201510am – 1pm | 3pm – 6pmUnited Nations Headquarters, New YorkConference Room 4Watch via webcast: on Twitter: #CSGF2015Co-organised by the International Disability Alliance & Disabled People’s International In partnership with the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Global Initiative for ICTs, Human Rights Watch, the International Disability and Development Consortium, Rehabilitation International, The Hans Foundation and Wada Na Todo AbhiyanCo-sponsored by:The Permanent Missions of Australia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Benin, Brazil, Republic of Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Arab Republic of Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Republic of Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Republic of Turkey, United Kingdom, European Union, UN DESA, OHCHR and UNICEFProgrammeOpening Session (10.00am – 10.30am)Maryanne Diamond, Chair, International Disability AllianceJaved Abidi, Chair, Disabled People’s InternationalH.E. Ambassador Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of KoreaCatalina Devandas, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesLenin Voltaire Moreno Garces, Special Envoy for Disability and AccessibilityAkiko Ito, Chair, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DSPD, DESASession One (10.30am – 11.45am): The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Main conclusions from the process thus far and final steps to adoptionCo-chairs: H.E. Ambassador Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations and Priscille Geiser, International Disability and Development ConsortiumFrancesca Perucci, Chief, Statistical Services Branch, UN Statistical DivisionMika Kontianen, Director of Disability, Development Policy Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeMaria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Chair, CRPD CommitteeMosharraf Hossein, Director of Policy Influencing, ADD InternationalSession Two (11.45am – 1.00pm): Forging Partnerships: The intersection of the rights of persons with disabilities with relevant UN processes and the rights of other vulnerable groupsCo-chairs: Mr. David Rutherford, Chief Commissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Commission and Diana Samarasan, Founding Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocacy FundCharlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Adviser, the World Bank GroupValerie Scherrer, International Director, Emergency Response Unit, CBM InternationalRachel Kachaje, Former Minister of Disability and Elderly Affairs, Malawi and Representative, Disabled Women in Africa Setareki Macanawai, CEO, Pacific Disability Forum and Chair, Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global NetworkRosangela Berman-Bieler, Chief, Disability Section, UNICEFSession Three (3.00pm – 4.30pm): Youth with Disabilities in Post-2015 AdvocacyCo-chairs: Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Adviser, the World Bank Group, and Sweta Rawat, Managing Director, The Hans FoundationH.E. Young Sam Ma, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Denmark and Chair, International Working Group on Persons with Disabilities and SportsGanesh Singh, Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with DisabilitiesHervis Armando Mancilla Fong, ELEVEN for Solidarity with Blind People of Latin AmericaSachin Singh, Disabled Rights Group, IndiaSeinep Dyikanbaeva, National Network “Janyryk”, KyrgyzstanShatha Abu Srour, General Union of Disabled PalestiniansSession Four (4.30pm – 5.30pm): Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals: The way forwardCo-chairs: Global Call to Action against Poverty and Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs Gloria Goffe, Executive Director, Combined Disabilities Association, JamaicaDavid Morrissey, Executive Director, United States International Council on DisabilitiesMohammed Ali Loufty, Executive Director, Disabled People’s International Arab Regional OfficeVenkatesh Balakrishna, Honorary President, CBR Global NetworkClosing Session (5.30pm – 6.00pm)Javed Abidi, Chair, Disabled People’s InternationalKavya Mukhija, 12th Grade Student from IndiaDorodi Sharma, Adviser, Disabled People’s InternationalJan Monsbakken, President, Rehabilitation InternationalJudith E. Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights, U.S. Department of StateFor those participating via webcast, questions can be emailed to panellists via: CSGFquestions@ ................
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