{"id":2895,"date":"2020-10-07T13:01:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T18:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=2895"},"modified":"2020-12-04T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T18:13:11","slug":"international-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=2895","title":{"rendered":"International statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We celebrate the following international days to promote our work and advocate for the needs of persons who are blind and partially sighted. Below are our latest statements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/blog\/news\/wbu-statement-for-human-rights-day-2020\/\">WBU statement for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/blog\/news\/wbu-statement-on-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-3-december-2020\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WBU statement on International Day of persons with disabilities, 3 Dec 2020<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/blog\/news\/wbu-statement-on-world-cities-day-31-october-2020\/\">WBU statement on World Cities Day, 31 October 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wbu-statement-on-white-cane-safety-day-on-thursday-15-october-2020\/\">WBU statement on White Cane Safety Day, 15 October 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/disaster-reduction-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(UN) International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wbu-statement-on-world-sight-day-thursday-8-october-2020\/\">WBU statement on World Sight Day, 8 October 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/work-safety-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(UN) World Day for Safety and Health at Work, 28 April 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wbu-statement-on-international-guide-dogs-day-2020\/\">WBU statement on International Guide Dogs Day, 29 April 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wbu-statement-on-world-book-and-copyright-day-2020\/\">WBU statement on World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/westernpacific\/news\/events\/world-health-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(WHO) World Health Day, 7 April 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wbu-statement-for-international-womens-day-2020\/\">WBU statement on International Women&#8217;s Day, 8 March 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wbu-statement-for-world-braille-day-january-2020\/\">WBU statement on World Braille Day, 4 January 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Past statements<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-Statement-on-Human-Rights-Day-2019.doc\">WBU Statement on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-Statement-on-International-Day-of-persons-with-disabilities-2019.doc\">WBU Statement on International Day of persons with disabilities 3 December 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-statement-on-World-Cities-Day-31-October-2019.doc\">WBU statement on World Cities Day, 31 October 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-Statement-on-White-Cane-Safety-Day-2019.doc\">WBU Statement on White Cane Safety Day, 15 October 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-Statement-on-World-Day-for-Safety-and-Health-at-Work-28-April-2019.doc\">WBU Statement on World Day for Safety and Health at Work,\u00a0 28 April 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-Statement-on-International-Guide-Dogs-Day-24-April-2019.doc\">WBU Statement on International Guide Dogs Day, 24 April 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WBU-Statement-on-World-Book-and-Copyright-Day-23-April-2019.doc\">WBU Statement on World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a 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Below are our latest statements: WBU statement for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2020 WBU statement on International Day of persons with disabilities, 3 Dec 2020 WBU statement on World Cities Day,&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=2895\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"DefaultContentPage.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"class_list":["post-2895","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3909,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2895\/revisions\/3909"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}