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Organized by:
UN ESCAP
(United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Population and Social Integration
Section, Emerging Social Issues Division
in collaboration with ILO and TWG-DC Taskforce on Employment and Poverty
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UN ESCAP Workshop on Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and Poverty Alleviation
of Persons with Disabilities
Bangkok, Thailand, 5 July 2005
 
Joint Statement
This is the second
phase and follow up to the Joint Statement on Poverty Alleviation among
Persons with Disabilities (adopted on 29 Oct. 2004, Langzhou, China). This
second phase workshop will be held at UNCC, Bangkok Thailand, on 5 July
2005, in conjunction with TWC-DC 10th session (to be held on 7-8 July) and
ILO round table meeting of multi-national companies about hiring disabled
workers (to be held on 6 July 2005). The main focus of this phase will be
CBR as a tool for poverty alleviation of persons with disabilities.
It focuses on the recommendations of the Joint Statement, namely,
- governments in this region, which have not already done so, are urged
to adopt holistic and comprehensive approaches to policies and programmes
that are socially inclusive, disability responsive and gender sensitive;
- integrate disability into overall national development plans,
programmes and projects for poverty alleviation and promote multi sectoral
coordination of institutions at all levels;
- allocate on predictable and sustainable basis budget and other
resources for pro-poor policies and programmes particularly for poverty
alleviation among persons with disabilities;
- emphasize the critical role of partnerships among the public and
private sectors and civil society in effective and sustainable poverty
alleviation;
- support capacity-building of persons with disabilities and their
organizations;
- increase efforts at disability sensitizing of society especially law
and policy makers, employers, media and major stakeholders;
- further develop and promote accessible environments including
physical, information and communication accessibility in order to provide
persons with disabilities with opportunities for equal and full
participation in all aspects of life;
- promote and strengthen community approaches including Community-Based
Rehabilitation (CBR) based on the social model as an important component
of a key and effective poverty alleviation strategy;
- promote disability inclusive international and regional cooperation.
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