WorldEnable home

Seminars

Seminars   |  Resources   |  About
Interregional Seminar and Symposium on International Norms and Standards relating to Disability, Hong Kong, SAR, 13-17 December 1999

*Return to Overview

*Organization

 

INTERREGIONAL SEMINAR AND SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND STANDARDS RELATING TO DISABILITY

(Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, 13-17 December 1999)

REPORT

Contents

I. Introduction
A. Organization
B. Outcomes
II. Recommendations of the Seminar
A. Cluster One: International norms and standards
B. Cluster Two: Building national capacities to promote and monitor implementation of norms and standards
C. Cluster Three: New and emerging approaches to definitions of disability
III. Organization of work and attendance
A. Opening of the Seminar
B. Organization of the Seminar
IV. Overview of international norms and standards relating to disability
A. Overview of the Seminar
B. Overview of Cluster One: issues and trends in international norms and standards
C. Overview of Cluster Two: capacity building for equalization of opportunities
D. Overview of Cluster Three: new approaches to definitions of disability
E. Discussion of the presentations
V. Summary of proceedings of Cluster One
A. Introduction
B. Overview of international norms and standards relating to persons with disabilities
C. Participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in policy- and decision-making
D. Education: access to education and training for persons with disabilities
E. Human rights, disability and development
VI. Summary of proceedings of Cluster Two
A. Introduction
B. Issues in training of trainers for equalization of opportunities
C. Introduction to the Standard Rules
D. Role of international instruments in promoting equalization of opportunities
E. Strategies to promote equalization of opportunities
F. Findings and recommendations for further action
VII. Summary of proceedings of Cluster Three
A. Introduction
B. Defining disability
C. Disability data and statistics
D. Findings
Appendix 1. Technical note on data issues
Appendix 2. Technical note on accessibility issues
VIII. Summary of proceedings of Special session on information technologies and persons with disabilities
Annexes
I. List of documents
II. List of participants
III. Keynote address: Dr. E. K. Yeoh, Secretary for Health and Welfare, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
IV. Message from H.E. Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, President, fifty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
V. Keynote address: Ms. Anna Wu, Chairperson, Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission
VI. Opening remarks: Prof. Albert H. Y. Chen, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
VII. Access with Speech and Braille for Chinese Windows 98 – ASAB98V1.1: Dr Liu Qin, Department of Computing, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (SAR)
VIII. Web Accessibility: Mr. Chong Chan-yau, Vice-chairperson, Joint Council for the Physically and Mentally Disabled; President, Hong Kong Blind Union
IX. Project implementation and management plan
X. “Charter for the Third Millennium”: Rehabilitation International (non-governmental organization)

 


Copyright (c) 2000-2001 VisionOffice.
Last updated 06/04/02.