PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Qasrawi awarded with Paralympic Order
Para powerlifting classifier receives highest distinction in the Paralympic Movement
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USA take down Australia
Nation gains confidence after defeating reigning Paralympic champions
![Andrew Parsons habla en la Asamblea General](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-10/IPC-General-Assembly1.jpg?h=1c8c3303&itok=m3-SDMo5)
Classification a top priority: IPC President
Andrew Parsons addresses the 19th IPC General Assembly
![IPC President poses with three NPC presidents holding certificates of membership](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-10/kiribati-maldives-malta-paraguay-NPC.jpg?itok=VJ50K5wc)
IPC expands family by welcoming new members
NPCs of Kiribati, Maldives and Paraguay ratified as new members, while Malta returns, following first day of General Assembly
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IPC publishes Governance Review proposals
'Everyone involved with the Paralympic Movement wants the IPC to remain a world leading sports’ organisation'
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2019 Paralympic Award winners revealed
Athletes, media and officials recognised for PyeongChang 2018 achievements
![A woman on a stage making a presentation about the UN SDGs](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-10/20191024-IPC-Conference-Day1-08-58-07-rku.jpg?h=19ff5e49&itok=s9Bi18Lj)
A sport platform for the UN SDGs
World Para Athletics Championships to become first major global sport event to promote the Sustainable Development Goals
![Attendants at the IPC Gala Dinner](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-10/Gala-dinner1.jpg?itok=tejmJ64z)
IPC celebrates 30th anniversary
Spectacular Gala Dinner marks three decades of the Paralympic Movement's global governing body
![Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - agreement - UN - IPC](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-10/Sustainable-Development-Goals2_0.jpg?itok=UkpW24nj)
IPC to advance the Sustainable Development Goals
Historic agreement signed on the first day of the IPC Conference in Bonn
![Marieke Vervoort celebrates as she crosses the finish line](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-10/Marieke-Vervoort.jpg?h=5d120441&itok=XYaWILrC)
Paralympic Movement mourns death of Marieke Vervoort
'Vervoort brought the disabled into the light with her two medals at the London Paralympic Games'