Asia Pacific Regional EGM

Documentation for the Seminar

Bangkok Recommendations on the Elaboration of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, (E/ESCAP/EGM-PWD/Rep 4 dated 4 June 2003). Full Report.
Statement of Recommendations at the UN ESCAP Workshop on Women and Disability: Promoting Full Participation of Women with Disabilities in the Process of Elaboration on an International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, 18-22 August 2003, Bangkok, Thailand.

Afghanistan	Local and Global Disability Policies in Afghanistan: Towards a Society for All
Bangladesh	Review Paper
Cambodia	Legislation, Policy and Programmes Concerning the Rights of People with Disabilities, Country Profile
Fiji	Review Paper
India	Rights of Disabled Women - In the context of a New UN Convention on promotion and protection of human rights of persons with disabilities
Lao Peoples' Republic	Review Paper
Mongolia	Review Paper
Nepal	Review Paper
Pakistan	Review Paper
Samoa	Review Paper
Sri Lanka	Review Paper
Arab Organization of Disable People	Review Paper
Disabled Peoples' International	Background Paper for the UNESCAP Regional Seminar
WNUSP	Contribution by WNUSP (World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry)

Following are resource links provided in this website as background material to the seminar:

General Assembly Resolution to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to study the question of a new international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disA56168e1.htm]
World Programme of action concerning Disabled Persons (1982) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswpa00.htm]
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm]
"United Nations Millennium Declaration" (General Assembly resolution 55/2) [http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm]
Asian And Pacific Decade of Disabled Person 1993-2002 [http://www.unescap.org/sps/disability.htm]
The Biwako Millenium Framework (Summary | Full Draft text)
Report on the third mandate the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (E/CN.5.2002/4, para. 72) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disecn520024e0.htm]

Promoting the Rights of People with Disabilities: Towards a New United Nations Convention, An International Workshop for National Human Rights Institutions from the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region. Organised by the National Human Rights Commission of India, the British Council and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, 26 – 29 May 2003, New Delhi, India
Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. [ Second Meeting | Documents ]
Américas regional seminar and workshop on norms and standards related to the rights of persons with disabilities and development (Quito, Republic of Ecuador, 9-11 April 2003) [http://www.worldenable.net/quito2003]
Expert Group Meeting on international norms and standards related to disability (Mexico City, 11-14 June 2002). [http://www.sre.gob.mx/discapacidad]
First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/adhocmeet.htm]
- NGO community contribution to the Ad Hoc Committee Meeting [http://www.worldenable.net/rights/adhocmeet.htm]
Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Livelihoods (Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-17 January 2002) [http://www.worldenable.net/livelihoods]

	Regional Workshop towards a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities Bangkok, Thailand, 14-17 October 2003