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UN ESCAP Workshop on Women and Disability: 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
18-22 August 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
13 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

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Main
* Statement of Recommendations
* Final Report
Advanced Information
* Provisional Agenda: First Phase
* Provisional Programme: First Phase
* Provisional Programme: Second Phase
* Background Reading
* Overview
* Meeting Brief
* Participants
* Registration
* Hotel Reservation
* Getting to Bangkok


MEETING BRIEF

DATE AND VENUE

  • 18-22 August 2003
  • United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
  • The address is:
    Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)
    The United Nations Building
    Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
    Bangkok 10200, Thailand

Opening session

The Workshop will be inaugurated at 0900 hours on 18 August 2003, in the Conference Room, UNCC. Please refer to the detailed provisional agenda and programme or work on specific information on subsequent sessions.

Registration and identification badges

Participants are requested to register and obtain meeting badges at the Registration Counter, located on the ground floor, UNCC, between 0800 and 0845 hours on 18 August 2003. Please complete the pre-registration form as indicated in the confirmation of participation letter. Participants who are not able to register on the opening day are requested to do so on subsequent days, to ensure that their names appear on the list of participants.

For identification and security reasons, all participants are requested to wear the meeting badges at all times during the meeting, at social functions and in the United Nations Complex.

Working language of the meeting

The Meeting will be conducted in English and all documentation will be in English. No interpretation will be available.

Documentation

Participants are requested to bring with them all documents that they have downloaded. The website address for the Meeting is http://www.worldenable.net/wadbangkok2003.

Financial and administrative arrangements

UN ESCAP will cover the cost of travel and stay of UN ESCAP sponsored participant at United Nations established rates. Kindly note that UN ESCAP will not assume responsibility for the following, under any circumstances:

  • All expenses in the home country incidental to travel abroad, including expenditure for visa, medical examination, inoculations and other such miscellaneous items and internal travel to and from the airport of arrival and departure in the home country;
  • Salary and related allowances for the participants during the period of the Meeting;
  • Costs incurred by participants in respect of travel insurance, accident insurance, medical or dental bills or hospitalisation fees in connection with their attending the Meeting;
  • Compensation in the event of death or disability of participants in connection with their attending the Meeting;
  • Any loss or damage to personal property of participants while attending the Meeting or losses or damages claimed by third parties as a result of negligence on the part of the participants;
  • Any other expenses of a personal nature, not directly related to the purpose of the Meeting.
  • Eligible participants whose attendance are sponsored by UNESCAP will be provided with a daily subsistence allowance during the 2nd day of the Meeting at prevailing United Nations rates in local currency.

Contacts with the UNESCAP secretariat

The address of the UNESCAP secretariat is as follows:

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: (66 2) 288-1481 (direct), 288-2315 (direct), 288-1000 (switchboard)
Fax: (66 2) 288-1030
E-mail: nagata @ un.org or schneiderl @ un.org

For additional information, participants may contact the secretariat of this workshop, Ms. Kay Nagata, Social Affairs Officer, Population and Social Integration Section, Emerging Social Issues Division at (66 2) 288-1481, nagata @ un.org Population and Social Integration Section, Emerging Social Issues Division

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