UN ESCAP/CDPF Field Study cum Regional Workshop
on Poverty Alleviation among Persons with Disabilities
Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, 25-29 October 2004

Materials:

Workshop Documentation
Country Papers
Online resources

Documentation for the Workshop

Basic Documents:

Note: "View as HTML" links are provided for PDF/Adobe Acrobat files as a service to users of screen readers. The HTML versions may not be completely readable due to limitations in the conversion of PDF formatting to text formatting.

1. "Disability, poverty and development." United Kingdom: Dept. of International Development
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 462 KB :  http://62.189.42.51/DFIDstage/Pubs/files/disability.pdf  - View as HTML.
2. "Disability Issues, Trends and Recommendations for the World Bank." World Bank.
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 297 KB :  http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/ Disability_Issues_Trends_and_Recommendations_for_the_WB.pdf  - View as HTML.
3. "Community-Based Rehabilitation as we have experienced it ? voices of persons with disabilities." Swedish Organizations of Disabled Persons International Aid Association and World Health Organization.
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 235 KB :  http://www.who.int/ncd/disability/cbr-part1.pdf  - View as HTML.
4. "Identifying Disability Issues Related to Poverty Reduction: Philippines Country Study." Asian Development Bank.
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 305 KB :  http://www.adb.org/Documents/Conference/
   Disability_Development/phi.pdf  - View as HTML.
5. "Identifying Disability Issues Related to Poverty Reduction: Sri Lanka Country Study." Asian Development Bank.
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 263 KB :  http://www.adb.org/Documents/Conference/
   Disability_Development/sri.pdf - View as HTML.
6. "Identifying Disability Issues Related to Poverty Reduction: Cambodia Country Study." Asian Development Bank.
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 397 KB :  http://www.adb.org/Documents/Conference/
   Disability_Development/cam.pdf - View as HTML.
7. "Poverty, disability and employment in under-resourced countries: evidence from Jordan." Majid Turmusani
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 53 KB :  http://www.phos.be/artikels/Turmusani_eng.pdf - View as HTML.
8. "The Millennium Development Goals." (The Millennium Declaration) http://www.undp.org/mdg/abcs.html
9. "Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)" (The Millennium Declaration)
   Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat, 101 KB :  http://www.who.int/mdg/goals/MDGsList_smartformat.pdf - View as HTML.
10. "Declaration on the Right to Development." Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: General Assembly Resolution 41/128 http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/74.htm
11. "UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG)." (The Millennium Declaration) http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
12. "Draft Guidelines: A Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies." Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    Full text in PDF format: http://www.unhchr.ch/pdf/povertyfinal.pdf
    Full text in HTML format: http://www.unhchr.ch/development/povertyfinal.html
13. "Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals." (Ch 2 feature 2.1 of the Development Report 2003, see pages 51-59 only) http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/pdf/hdr03_chapter_2.pdf [note: 9 pages of charts illustrating progress towards MDGs by country]
14. "Issues in gender-sensitive and disability-responsive policy research, training and action." Margaret Snyder http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disrppeg.htm
15. "Women with Disabilities: Lessons of Reinforcing the Gender Perspective in International Norms and Standards ? Part One: Getting Women with Disabilities on the Development Agenda of the United Nations." Maria-Cristina Sará-Serrano Mathiason http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/women/wwdis1.htm
16. "Women with Disabilities: Lessons of Reinforcing the Gender Perspective in International Norms and Standards ? Part Two: What the Platform says about Women with Disabilities." Maria-Cristina Sará-Serrano Mathiason http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/women/wwdis2.htm
17. "Women with Disabilities: Lessons of Reinforcing the Gender Perspective in International Norms and Standards ? Part Three: The Situation of Women with Disabilities: taking a snapshot." Maria-Cristina Sará-Serrano Mathiason. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/women/wwdis3.htm
18. A/RES/48/96: Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. 48th session of the United Nations General Assembly, agenda item 109, 4 March 1994 http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm
19. Resolution 37/52: World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons. 37th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly, 3 December 1982 http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswpa00.htm
20. "Convention Concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons)." International Labour Organisation http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/
    skills/recomm/instr/c_159.htm
21. "The UNESCO Salamanca Statement (1994)." UNESCO http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/slmca.htm
22. "Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons." Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/72.htm
23. "Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons." Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mental.htm
24. "General Comment 5: Persons with disabilities." Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/ 0/4b0c449a9ab4ff72c12563ed0054f17d?Opendocument
25. "Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment: From Principles to Practice." International Labour Office. http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/ability/vrefpp.htm
26. "The Invisible Minority." Javed Abidi http://www.indiatogether.org/health/opinions/jabidi1.htm
27. Resolution 59/3: Regional 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 during the Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012. Bangkok, 4 September 2003
28. Resolution 59/2: Strengthening Social Safety in the Asian and Pacific Region. Bangkok, 4 September 2003.
    • Focus on Ability, Celebrate Diversity: Highlights of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002. Social Policy Paper No. 13, 2003 ST/ESCAP/2291
    • Understanding Community-Based Rehabilitation
    • Management of Self-help Organizations of People with Disabilities, [ST/ESCAP/1849] 1997
29. Poverty, Disability and Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Programme. Disability and Rehabilitation (DAR) Team, WHO
30. We should be Recognize Disabled People Rights, Needs, Potential ability and Contribute for Society. Senior Researcher Zhao Yan

Presentation Materials

Note: Accessible text versions of presentations are available as links within the Programme.

Country Papers

ONLINE RESOURCES

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

Mandate:

• 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]

Reference Documents:

• Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
• UN ESCAP/CDPF Regional Meeting on an International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China, 4-7 November 2003
  • Beijing Declaration on Elaboration of an International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (adopted)
• 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
  • Includes: Bangkok Draft: Proposed Elements of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Adopted set of General Recommendations and the Final Report
• 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.
• 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, Bangkok, Thailand
  First Phase: 18-22 August 2003 | Second Phase: 13 October 2003

Meetings:

• 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]

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