Some years ago, countries came together and decided to try to make the world better.

They set some goals to make this happen.

We call these goals ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. In short, SDGs.

There are 17 SDGs in total.

Together, the SDGs form Agenda 2030.

There is a clear reference to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in 5 SDGs. This is very positive.

These 5 SDGs are about:

1. Education
2. Livelihood
3. Fighting inequality
4. Accessibility of cities for instance buildings, transport, and public spaces.
5. Collection of information.

The United Nations made a document which talks about the rights of people with disabilities.

This document also talks about what countries should do
in order to protect the rights of people with disabilities.

The document is called ‘UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’.

In short, we call it ‘UNCRPD’.

Many countries signed the CRPD
and agreed to make the lives of people with disabilities better.

The European Union is a group of 27 countries in Europe.

They agreed to work together and help each other.

The European Union funds many projects outside of Europe
that are important for people with disabilities.

The European Union also makes laws
that are important for inclusive development and humanitarian action.

Human Rights are the rights that every person should have.

For example, the right to live.

Or the right to speak your mind.

Humanitarian action means helping people who need help right away
because something happened in their community.

For example, they might need help because there is an emergency like a war or a flood.

Humanitarian action is inclusive when
people with disabilities are also getting help when they need it.

Click here to know more about what we mean by inclusive humanitarian action.

Development cooperation is when people from different countries work together to help make things better in communities that need it.

Usually, it means people from countries that have more money give that money to countries that need it.

The money is used to help solve different problems, like making sure that people have clean water or that all kids can go to school.

When we say that development cooperation is inclusive, that means people with disabilities fully take part.

Click here to know more about what we mean by inclusive development.

OPDs are organisations or groups that are led by persons with disabilities or families of persons with disabilities.

They represent persons with disabilities and they work for disability rights.

Most of their members should be persons with disabilities.

The United Nations is an international organisation.

It works for peace and security everywhere in the world.

We call it the UN for short.

193 countries are part of the UN.

They meet to discuss important issues for the world.