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UN Observed First-Ever International Day of Deafblindness on June 27, 2025.

Important Days | Dated: 29 Jun 2025

The United Nations (UN) observed the first-ever International Day of Deafblindness on June 27, 2025, to promote global awareness about deafblindness—a unique dual disability involving both vision and hearing loss. The observance aims to highlight the challenges faced by individuals with deafblindness in communication, mobility, education, and accessing information.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - This new international day aligns with Deafblind Awareness Week, observed globally from June 23 to June 29 each year.
  • - The 2025 theme of the awareness week is “Cultivating Leadership: Together, We Grow,” which emphasizes the importance of empowerment and inclusion of the deafblind community in leadership roles and decision-making spaces.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) The official recognition of the day came after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/79/294 on June 16, 2025, establishing June 27 as the International Day of Deafblindness.
  • (ii) The date was chosen to honour the 145th birth anniversary of Helen Keller, a globally renowned advocate for the deafblind and a symbol of resilience and advocacy.
  • (iii) The UN’s 2025 observance stems from efforts dating back to 1984, when U.S. President Ronald Reagan launched Deafblind Awareness Week. It gained global momentum with the 1989 Swedish Declaration on Deaf-Blind Rights, marking a key milestone in disability inclusion.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Recently, which date was observed as the first-ever International Day of Deafblindness by the United Nations (UN)?

Correct Answer: June 27

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