Day 1: Wednesday, 19 September 2007

• Opening statement by Mr. Shigeru Mochida, Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCAP and Officer-in-Charge, a.i.,of the Secretariat [Transcript]
• Welcome statement by Mr.Jun Niimi, Minister and Permanent Representative of Japan to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan [Transcript, PDF]
• Welcome statement (video) by Ms. Yukiko Kada, Governor of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. [Transcript]
• Inaugural statement by His Excellency Mr. Paiboon Wattanasiritham, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Development and Human Security, Royal Thai Government [Transcript]

Agenda item 2: Election of officers

Agenda item 3: Adoption of the agenda

• Presentation: Review of the implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action by the Secretariat [Presentation Slides]
• Statement by delegations:
  • Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Indonesia (PDF)
  • Iran (PDF)
  • Japan (PDF)
  • Republic of Korea
  • Lao PDR (PDF)
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar (PDF)
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Russia (PDF)
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand (PDF)
  • U.S.A. (PDF)
  • Viet Nam
  • Vanuatu (PDF)

• The case of Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
• The case of SM shopping mall, Shopping Management Corporation (SM), the Philippines

• Statement by delegations (continued)

• Roundtable discussion: Implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action in the Pacific”
• Statements by delegations (continued)

Day 2: Thursday, 20 September 2007

• Presentation: “Self Advocacy by Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities” by Ms. Amita Dhanda, Professor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India, and representative from the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, India [Presentation Paper | Presentation Slides]
• Statements by delegations (continued)

• Presentation: “Disability, Human Rights and Development: Biwako, the Convention and Beyond” by Professor Andrew Byrnes, Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia [Presentation Slides]
• Statements by delegations:
  • Action for Mental Illness India (PDF)
  • APDF (PDF)
  • BMVSS (PDF)
  • Christian Blind Mission
  • Handicap International (HI)
  • Hong Kong Joint Council for PwDs
  • Inclusion International
  • Japan Disability Forum
  • Leonard Cheshire International - South Asia (PDF)
  • Non-Governmental Organizations of Bangladesh
  • People with Disability Australia
  • World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) (PDF)
  • WNUSP (PDF)

• Presentation: “Inclusive disaster management” by Sae Kani,Project Manager, Information & Outreach Disaster Management, Arbeiter-Samartier-Bund Deutschland e.V. [Presentation Slides]
• Statement by delegations (continued)

• Statement by delegations (continued)

Day 3: Friday, 21 September 2007

• Presentation of Biwako Plus Five: Further Efforts towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific by the Secretariat
• Discussion and adoption

Agenda item 7: Adoption of the report of the meeting.

Closing

Closing Statement by Ms. Thelma Kay, Director, Emerging Social Issues Division, ESCAP [Transcript]

Closing by Chairperson of the Meeting