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LA 2024 Vice Chair Candace Cable attends UN observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Bid committee reaffirms commitment to delivering the "most accessible Games in history" and introducing adaptive sport to a new generation
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LOS ANGELES - Nine-time Paralympian and LA 2024 Vice Chair Candace Cable on Friday attended the United Nation’s (UN) observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the UN’s headquarters in New York City. The bid leader reaffirmed LA 2024’s commitment to delivering "the most accessible and inclusive Games in history" and introducing adaptive sport to a new generation of athletes and fans.
In addition to delivering an accessible, inclusive Games, a key area of focus for LA 2024 is studying how to harness the global attention on hosting the Paralympic Games to raise awareness of the opportunities, benefits and inclusiveness in Paralympic sport. United States Paralympics currently operates over 200 Paralympic Sports Clubs across the country, and LA 2024 aims to expand the adaptive sport movement’s reach further to engage millions more participants and their families, and further promote social cohesion and rights for persons with disabilities at home and around the world.
Speaking from the UN’s celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, LA 2024 Vice Chair Candace Cable said: "It’s a great honor to be here at UN headquarters in observance and celebration of this important day, which is both a marker of how far we’ve come in laying the foundation for greater inclusion, and an opportunity to reimagine the future of sustainable social cohesion. Similarly, an LA 2024 Paralympic Games would also be a tremendous opportunity to reimagine the future of inclusion both in the United States and around the world.
"From our world-class, existing venues to our already built and operational Olympic Village at UCLA, our bid is one hundred percent committed to delivering the most accessible and inclusive Games in history. We are also excited to leverage LA’s culture of creativity and innovation, as well as our ready-made connection with youth culture, to introduce the adaptive sport movement to the next generation of athletes."
The UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been celebrated annually on December 3 around the world since 1992. The theme for this year’s celebration is "Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want," noting the recent adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which address persons with disabilities an unprecedented eleven times, and the role of these goals in building a more sustainable, inclusive and equitable world for persons with disabilities. Observance of the 2016 International Day of Persons with Disabilities coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – one of the most quickly and widely ratified international treaties put forth by the United Nations to date. The weekend observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities also featured the unveiling of an app, which aims to educate the public on matters of social cohesion, and promote the implementation of the CRPD globally.
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