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• Seasons’ greetings message – WFD President
• Finnish Government supports World Federation of the Deaf
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• Day 4 – UN Conference of State Parties
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• Dr Lovászy from Hungary elected to the CRPD Committee
• First meeting with Dr Laszlo Gabor Lovaszy, the newley elected UNCRPD Committee Member
• Day 2 – UN Conference of State Parties
• Day 1 – Civil Society Forum
• WFD and WASLI in Close Partnership
• Day 1 – International Disability Alliance (IDA) Pre-Conference
• DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2012 FOR SENDING WFD EXPERT APPLICATIONS
• Press: Next World Deaf Congress to be held in Istanbul in 2015
• International Week of the Deaf 2012
• WFD Honorary President Markku Jokinen receives honorary doctorate from Gallaudet University
• Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) elections
• Making a Difference: Deaf Peace Corps Volunteers
• 14th World Deaf Magicians Festival
• WFD-WASLI News Update from Panama
• WFD President’s message to members
• International Disability Alliance (IDA) | Committee meetings this week in Athens, Greece
• The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol in International Sign is now available on the WFD’s website.
• World Federation of the Deaf signed historic agreement with North Korean disability organisation
• BSL Symposium
• World deaf leadership sholarship
• Importance of bilingualism for deaf children
• Conference Summary | Sign Languages as Endangered Languages
• Bilingualism as a basic human right for deaf children in education
• Sign bilingualism is a human right, not a privilege!
• Sign Languages’ status under threat in Denmark and the Netherlands?
• Sign languages as Endangered Languages conference
• Introduction | WFD President, Colin Allen
• The second report of the meetings in New York
• Sign Language gained the ground at the United Nations in New York
• International Week of the Deaf 2011
• Jack & Rosyln Gannon Announce the WFD Book
• WFD and the Italian Deaf Association shook hands to conclude their legal dispute
• CONGRESS RESOLUTION
• Special Interest Groups
• Human Rights
• Summary of the Press conference held on 20 July 2011
• Mr. Colin Allen from Australia elected the new President of the WFD
• World Congress participants enthusiastic about WFD’s Western and Central African capacity building project
• Opening theme of the World Congress: Deaf Education
• Launch of the WFD History Book!
• Positive News!
• WFD Support for Brazil and LIS
• Interview with Markku Jokinen, World Federation of the Deaf President
• WFD expressed its support for the recognition of the Italian sign language
• President’s trip to Australia and Hong Kong, 8.5. – 17.5.2011.
• Meeting with the Finnish Ambassador to the United Nations
• Committee of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities meeting
• 18th WFD General Assembly, July 2011, Durban South Africa
• International Disability Alliance meeting, 8 – 10 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
• Article 53 | Miscellaneous
• Article 52 | Archives
• Article 51 | Dissolution
• Article 50 | Enforcement
• Article 49 | Amendment enforcement and dissolution
• Article 48 | Accounting period
• Article 47 | Signing the name of the organisation
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• Article 44 | International conferences
• Article 43 | World Congress of World Federation of the Deaf
• Article 42 | Previous Memberships Achieved Remain
• Article 41 | Dispute Resolutions
• Article 40 | Unforeseen Cases
• Article 39 | Archives
• Article 38 | Dissolution
• Article 37 | Enforcement
• Article 36 | Amendments to the Statutes
• Article 35 | Signing the name of the WFD
• Article 34 | Accounting, Records and Auditing
• Article 33 | International Conferences
• Article 32 | World Congress of WFD
• Article 31 | WFD Youth Section (WFDYS)
• Article 30 | Regional Cooperating Partners
• Article 29 | Regional Secretariats
• Article 28 | Other Committees
• Article 27 | Finance Committee (FC)
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• Article 25 | Minutes of Board Meetings
• Article 24 | Vacancies and Replacement of Board Members
• Article 23 | The Board
• Article 22 | Extraordinary Meetings
• Article 21 | Voting at the General Assembly
• Article 20 | Functions of the General Assembly
• Article 19 | Meetings of the General Assembly (GA)
• Article 18 | Executive Bodies