United Nations Photo - Neymar Jr. new Handicap International Goodwill Ambassador

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A close-up of Salah Aldin Abdurrahman, a 27-year-old blind man and member of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People in El Fasher, North Darfur. The organization assists persons with disabilities across Darfur.

Players from the Single Leg Amputee Sports Club Sierra Leone (SLASC) lift their crutches for a cheer before heading to the field for a match, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded in 2001 following Sierra Leone’s ten-year civil conflict, the Club offers trauma recovery for war amputees.

Treaties waiting to be signed, of the new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, by representatives of Member States, which aims to secure the rights of some 650 million persons with disabilities around the world. More than 75 countries participated in the signing ceremony, the most for the opening of any treaty. The event, held in the UN General Assembly Hall, at UN Headquarters in New York, was also attended by over 350 representatives of disability organizations from around the world, who were instrumental in the negotiation of the treaty.

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Headline Soccer Star Neymar Jr. Becomes Ambassador of Handicap International

Caption Description Brazilian soccer player Neymar Jr., the new International Ambassador of the NGO Handicap International, kicked a soccer ball bearing the logo of the international aid organization from the Broken Chair monument at the Place des Nations in Geneva, in a symbolic call for more inclusion of people with disabilities in society. Following that event, Neymar Jr. addressed a press conference hosted by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).

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Production Date 08/15/2017 2:39:47 PM

City/Location Geneva

Country Switzerland

Credit UN Photo/Elma Okic

File size 4.84 MB