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JOINT STATEMENT
ON FULL REALIZATION OF GOALS OF THE BMF
(adopted 15 October 2004)
1. We the participants, representing governments, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and disabled people’s organizations (DPOs), met in
Bangkok, Thailand from 13--15th October 2004, at the UNESCAP Regional
Workshop on Monitoring the Implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework
for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for
Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific (BMF). In our review of
the progress in implementing the BMF at the inception of the renewed Asian
and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012), we noted the strong
support of governments and effective partnership of NGOs and DPOs in
furthering goals and targets of the BMF.
2. We note that further review of the progress in implementing the BMF
will take place at the mid-point of the Decade in 2007.
3. We therefore jointly reaffirm:
- the importance of monitoring the implementation of the BMF by the
national institutional mechanisms and the national forum of NGOs/DPOs until
the end of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons;
- the relevance of the goals and targets of the BMF and developed a set of
parameters and indicators for monitoring the progress of the BMF
implementation;
- the importance of developing a comprehensive and rights-based national
policy and plan of action in order to realize the BMF goals;
- the significance of the paradigm shift from charity to rights-based
development in all strategies, policies and plans of action;
- the need for convergence of disability issues into all national policies,
plans, programmes and projects.
4. We therefore enjoin Governments to take appropriate action towards the
full realization of the goals and targets of the BMF.
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