United Nations To Address Families And Persons With Disabilities

Date posted: 
7 May 2007

A panel of experts will address the issue of families and persons with disabilities on Tuesday, 15 May, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. at the United Nations (Conference Room 4).

The panelists are Ms. Megan Kirshbaum, Founder and Executive Director, National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities 'Through the Looking Glass', Berkeley, California; Ms. Sue Swenson, Executive Director, The Arc of the United States, Silver Spring, Maryland; Ms. MiJoo Kim, Director, Women with Disabilities Arts and Culture Network, Seoul, Republic of Korea; and a representative of a UN Member State.

The panel will mark the 2007 observance of International Day of Families, 15 May, whose theme is 'Families and Persons with Disabilities'.

For those wishing to attend and needing a grounds pass to enter the United Nations, please contact Ms. Dolores Vicente at vicented@un.org or at 212-963-2820 by close of business on Wednesday, 9 May. Please indicate if you are a wheelchair user.

For further information, please visit http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/family or contact Edoardo Bellando, (212) 963 8275, e-mail: bellando@un.org or Dan Shepard, (212) 963 9495, shepard@un.org.