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Biwako Millenium Framework - Expert Group Meeting

Expert Group Meeting on the Promotion of Social and Economic Participation of Persons with Disabilities
towards the Biwako Plus Five
Bangkok, Thailand, 27-28 February 2007
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Materials : Presentation material :

COMPARISON BETWEEN BIWAKO MILLENNIUM FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE, BARRIER-FREE AND RIGHTS-BASED SOCIETY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (BMF) AND THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Prepared by UN ESCAP Secretariat

BMF Convention
Structural Differences
  • Framework for Asia and the Pacific
  • In force for the period 2003-2012
  • No Legal Binding
  • Applicable Internationally
  • Will come into effect after 20 countries sign and ratify it
  • Signing and Ratification process starts on March 30 2007
  • Legally Binding for the countries who sign and ratify it
  • It has a Preamble, principles and policy directions, 7 priority areas, 21 time bound targets, 17 strategies and 3 mechanisms
 It has a Preamble, and 50 Articles which include,
  • Statement of Objectives and General Principles, (Articles 1 and 3)
  • Definitions of communication, language, discrimination on the basis of disability, reasonable accommodation, and universal design (Article 2)
  • General Obligations (Article 4)
  • Guarantee of Equality and non-discrimination (Article 5)
  • Guarantee of specific rights (Articles 6 - 30)
  • State Obligations (Articles 31 - 32)
  • Monitoring Mechanisms (Articles 33 – 40)
  • Additional Articles on Signing, Ratification, Entry, Reservations, Amendments, reservations, etc. (Articles 45 – 50)
  • It is more specific in nature – it has specific targets, which have to be achieved within a time period. It also specifies the action required to achieve the targets.
  • It is more rights oriented

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