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UN deputy secretary-general urges new financing, warns aid for disability inclusion has halved and calls for accessible AI and focus on indigenous persons
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Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the conference that global financing for disability inclusion has fallen sharply and called for innovative financing, debt relief and accessible AI, while urging special attention to indigenous persons with disabilities ahead of the World Summit for Social Development.
Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, told delegates at the 18th session of the Conference of State Parties that global support for disability inclusion is declining and urged states and multilateral institutions to mobilize new financing and address technology gaps.
"Progress requires investment, yet today global support for disability inclusion has been cut in half, falling ... from $500,000,000 to around $250,000,000 in just 2 years," Mohammed said, warning that cuts were translating into lost services, fewer assistive devices…
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